The National Security Law Program focuses on the roles of domestic and international law in national security matters, from the perspective of both lawyers and policymakers. The contours of the dynamic field of national security law are in constant flux, being shaped and reshaped each year in light of emerging threats, challenges and technologies. In addition to producing cutting edge scholarship (including student work and publications), the National Security Law Program aims to further academic dialog within the field through:
- Expert Engagement Bringing high-level policymakers and experts to Columbia Law School to speak with both students and faculty members through both public and private events.
- Innovative Coursework Developing specialized coursework in the field and helping to prepare students for national security law careers in public service or the private sector.
- Institutional Partnerships The Program enriches academic dialog through partnerships with other centers, programs, universities and think tanks.
Articles
Adapting the Law of Armed Conflict to Autonomous Weapon Systems, Kenneth Anderson, Daniel Reisner, and Matthew C. Waxman
Administrative Detention of Terrorists: Why Detain, and Detain Whom?, Matthew C. Waxman
Ambivalence About Treason, George P. Fletcher
Constitutional Fate, Philip Chase Bobbitt
Crosby and the "One-Voice" Myth in U.S. Foreign Relations, Sarah H. Cleveland
Cyber-Attacks and the Use of Force: Back to the Future of Article 2(4), Matthew C. Waxman
Cyber Attacks as "Force" Under UN Charter Article 2(4), Matthew C. Waxman
Detention as Targeting: Standards of Certainty and Detention of Suspected Terrorists, Matthew C. Waxman
Hamdan Confronts the Military Commissions Act of 2006, George P. Fletcher
Hamdi Meets Youngstown: Justice Jackson's Wartime Security Jurisprudence and the Detention of Enemy Combatants, Sarah H. Cleveland
Kosovo and the Great Air Power Debate, Daniel L. Byman and Matthew C. Waxman
On Justice and War: Contradictions in the Proposed Military Tribunals, George P. Fletcher
Police and National Security: American Local Law Enforcement and Counter-Terrorism after 9/11, Matthew C. Waxman
Powers Inherent in Sovereignty: Indians, Aliens, Territories, and the Nineteenth Century Origins of Plenary Power over Foreign Affairs, Sarah H. Cleveland
Promoting International Cybersecurity Cooperation: Lessons from the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), Duncan B. Hollis and Matthew C. Waxman
Reflections Inspired by My Critics, Philip Chase Bobbitt
Secret Evidence and the Due Process of Terrorist Detentions, Daphne Barak-Erez and Matthew C. Waxman
Siegecraft and Surrender: The Law and Strategy of Cities and Targets, Matthew C. Waxman
The Law of Armed Conflict and Detention Operations in Afghanistan, Matthew C. Waxman
The Law of War and Its Pathologies, George P. Fletcher
The Power to Threaten War, Matthew C. Waxman
The Power to Wage War Successfully, Matthew C. Waxman
The Storrs Lectures: Liberals and Romantics at War: The Problem of Collective Guilt, George P. Fletcher
The Structure of Terrorism Threats and the Laws of War, Matthew C. Waxman
The Use of Force Against States that Might Have Weapons of Mass Destruction, Matthew C. Waxman
Essays
Self-Defensive Force Against Cyber Attacks: Legal, Strategic and Political Dimensions, Matthew C. Waxman
Silence of the Laws? Conceptions of International Relations and International Law in Hobbes, Kant, and Locke, Michael W. Doyle and Geoffrey S. Carlson
Waging War Against Terror: An Essay for Sandy Levinson, Philip Chase Bobbitt
Working Papers
Adapting the Law of Armed Conflict to Autonomous Weapon Systems, Kenneth Anderson, Daniel Reisner, and Matthew C. Waxman
Cyber Strategy & Policy: International Law Dimensions, Matthew C. Waxman
Debating Autonomous Weapon Systems, Their Ethics, and Their Regulation Under International Law, Kenneth Anderson and Matthew C. Waxman
Detention as Targeting: Standards of Certainty and Detention of Suspected Terrorists, Matthew C. Waxman
Guantánamo, Habeas Corpus, and Standards of Proof: Viewing the Law Through Multiple Lenses, Matthew C. Waxman
Law and Ethics for Autonomous Weapon Systems: Why a Ban Won't Work and How the Laws of War Can, Kenneth Anderson and Matthew C. Waxman
Law and Ethics for Robot Soldiers, Kenneth Anderson and Matthew C. Waxman
National Security Federalism in the Age of Terror, Matthew C. Waxman
Regulating Resort to Force: Form and Substance of the UN Charter Regime, Matthew C. Waxman
Secret Evidence and the Due Process of Terrorist Detentions, Daphne Barak-Erez and Matthew C. Waxman
Self-Defensive Force Against Cyber Attacks: Legal, Strategic and Political Dimensions, Matthew C. Waxman
The Power to Threaten War, Matthew C. Waxman
The Power to Wage War Successfully, Matthew C. Waxman
United States Detention Operations in Afghanistan and the Law of Armed Conflict, Matthew C. Waxman
What's So Great About the Declare War Clause?, Matthew C. Waxman