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Discussion Of Christopher Kutz's 'Or 'Emet Lecture: Democratic Holy Wars, Christopher Kutz, Louis-Philippe Hodgson, François Tanguay-Renaud

François Tanguay-Renaud

Follow-up seminar on Christopher Kutz’s ‘Or ‘Emet Lecture, delivered on Thursday, February 16, 2012. Part of the Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Seminar Series. Respondents: Louis-Philippe Hodgson, York Philosophy and François Tanguay-Renaud, Osgoode Hall Law School.

Using Noncambatants As Shields, Cécile Fabre, Idil Boran, François Tanguay-Renaud

François Tanguay-Renaud

Cécile Farbe, Chair in Political Theory, University of Edinburgh, talks about the coercive use of civilians as shields "a depressingly familiar feature of contemporary wars."

Respondent: Idil Boran, York University, Philosophy

Discussion Of Jeff Mcmahan's 'Or 'Emet Lecture: Proportionality In Self-Defense And War, Jeff Mcmahan, François Tanguay-Renaud, Craig Scott, Michael Giudice

François Tanguay-Renaud

Follow-up seminar on Jeff McMahan's ‘Or ‘Emet Lecture, delivered on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Part of the Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Seminar Series.

Respondents: François Tanguay-Renaud, Osgoode Hall Law School; Craig Scott, Osgoode Hall Law School.

Risk Taking And Force Protection, David Luban, Dan Priel, François Tanguay-Renaud

François Tanguay-Renaud

David Duban, University Professor and Professor of Law and Philosophy at Georgetown Law, defends Michael Walzer’s reconstruction of the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE) and its implications for the risks that just warriors must take to minimize harm to civilians.

Respondent: Dan Priel, Osgoode Hall Law School

Discussion Of Jeff Mcmahan's 'Or 'Emet Lecture: Proportionality In Self-Defense And War, Jeff Mcmahan, François Tanguay-Renaud, Craig Scott, Michael Giudice

Craig M. Scott

Follow-up seminar on Jeff McMahan's ‘Or ‘Emet Lecture, delivered on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Part of the Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Seminar Series.

Respondents: François Tanguay-Renaud, Osgoode Hall Law School; Craig Scott, Osgoode Hall Law School.

Risk Taking And Force Protection, David Luban, Dan Priel, François Tanguay-Renaud

Dan Priel

David Duban, University Professor and Professor of Law and Philosophy at Georgetown Law, defends Michael Walzer’s reconstruction of the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE) and its implications for the risks that just warriors must take to minimize harm to civilians.

Respondent: Dan Priel, Osgoode Hall Law School

Democratic Holy Wars, Christopher Kutz

Christopher Kutz

Christopher Kutz delivers the 'Or 'Emet lecture discussing democracy, the philosophy of war and intervention.

Discussion Of Christopher Kutz's 'Or 'Emet Lecture: Democratic Holy Wars, Christopher Kutz, Louis-Philippe Hodgson, François Tanguay-Renaud

Christopher Kutz

Follow-up seminar on Christopher Kutz’s ‘Or ‘Emet Lecture, delivered on Thursday, February 16, 2012. Part of the Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Seminar Series. Respondents: Louis-Philippe Hodgson, York Philosophy and François Tanguay-Renaud, Osgoode Hall Law School.

The Duty To Make Amends To Victims Of Armed Conflict, Scott T. Paul

Scott T Paul

In the past decade, calls for monetary payments by warring parties to the civilians they harm have become significantly louder and more prominent. The law of armed conflict permits parties to harm civilians, so long as the harm is not excessive to the concrete and direct military advantage they anticipate gaining through an attack. This paper examines the current state of international law regarding duties owed to victims suffering harm as a result of lawful combat operations and discusses the moral obligations owed to them by the parties who cause them harm. The paper notes that civilians who suffer incidental …

Kill-Lists And Accountability, Gregory S. Mcneal

Gregory S. McNeal

This article is a comprehensive examination of the U.S. practice of targeted killings. It is based in part on field research, interviews, and previously unexamined government documents. The article fills a gap in the literature, which to date lacks sustained scholarly analysis of the accountability mechanisms associated with the targeted killing process. The article makes two major contributions: 1) it provides the first qualitative empirical accounting of the targeted killing process, beginning with the creation of kill-lists extending through the execution of targeted strikes; 2) it provides a robust analytical framework for assessing the accountability mechanisms associated with those processes. …

Tadić, The Anonymous Witness And The Sources Of International Procedural Law, Natasha A. Affolder

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article explores the Trial Chamber's decision to allow the use of anonymous testimony as a protective measure in the wake of the final judgment in the Tadić trial. This initial decision, granting the prosecutor's request for protective measures including the withholding of four witnesses' identities from the accused, formed a precedent upon which later rulings for protective measures relied, both throughout the Tadić case and in subsequent cases before the International Tribunal.

Article 51: Limits On Self-Defense?, Thomas K. Plofchan Jr.

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article's two-pronged analysis has three distinct parts. Part I lays out the controversy of Article 51 interpretation as applied to the recent Gulf Crisis. Part II examines the legal guidance for interpreting the U.N. Charter, the Charter's travaux preparatoires, and specifically the work of the committees and subcommittees responsible for drafting and amending articles that fully incorporate the right of self-defense into the Charter. This Part develops conclusions on Article 51 that may be applied to the context of the recent Gulf Crisis. This Part also contrasts the Article 51 right of collective self-defense with the right of …