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Reply Declaration On Issues Of International Law, Laws Of War, Corporate Liability In International Law In Agent Orange Ats Litigation, Kenneth Anderson Feb 2005

Reply Declaration On Issues Of International Law, Laws Of War, Corporate Liability In International Law In Agent Orange Ats Litigation, Kenneth Anderson

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This reply declaration elaborates the November 2, 2004 declaration on behalf of corporate defendants by Kenneth Anderson in the Agent Orange product liability ATS case heard before Judge Jack B. Weinstein. I have posted the declaration and this reply declaration to SSRN because of frequent requests for them from academics and because the declaration has been cited in scholarship.The reply declaration addresses the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War and the claim that its use in that period violated the laws of armed conflict. It discusses treaty and customary law of poison and poisoned weapons, issues of proportionality …