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War, Law, And The Oft Overlooked Value Of Process As A Precautionary Measure, Geoffrey S. Corn
War, Law, And The Oft Overlooked Value Of Process As A Precautionary Measure, Geoffrey S. Corn
Pepperdine Law Review
Never in recent memory has the relationship between law and war been so central to strategic legitimacy. This has resulted in both positive evolutions of the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and a remarkable increase in interest, understanding, and analysis of this law. No state, or even non-state group, is immune from the increasingly informed critique of its planning and execution of military operations and the quite proper demand that its military personnel comply with LOAC obligations. Central to the regulation of hostilities are the core LOAC principles of distinction and discrimination. Distinction mandates restricting deliberate attack to only those …