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Matthew Waxman
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The Law of Armed Conflict in 2040? A New Volume
I am pleased to announce Oxford University Press’s publication of “The Future Law of Armed Conflict,” a volume I co-edited with my former student and…
U.S. State Department Picks Apart PRC’s South China Sea Customary Law Claim
A Jan. 20 freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) by a U.S. Navy vessel in the South China Sea attracted wide attention. The People’s Republic of…
Remembering the Selective Draft Law Cases
On this day in 1918, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of a national draft. The combined cases—referred to collectively as Arver v. United…
The Tyler Doctrine and War Powers
On this day in 1842, President John Tyler announced to Congress that the United States would henceforth protect the Hawaiian (or Sandwich) islands from European…