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On Friday February 3 and Saturday February 4th the Santa Clara Law school will host a symposium on International Humanitarian Law. I will be serving as a moderator for Panel 3. The full schedule appears below, and more information about the symposium can be found here.
The 2012 Santa Clara Journal of International [...]
Collateral Damage in
Combat Operations
A Teleforum Sponsored by the International & National Security Law Practice Group
Featuring
Professor Gregory S. McNeal*
Pepperdine University School of Law
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
at 3:00 p.m. [...]
Over at Lawfare I’ve posted a short summary of my collateral damage piece. You can access the summary here.
To give you a feel for the flavor of the blog post, here is my concluding paragraph:
“Taken together, the CDM process provides predictions about likely effects, and the ROE specifies the decision authority [...]
Ben Wittes, writing at Lawfare was kind enough to pen a write-up on my empirical paper The U.S. Practice of Collateral Damage Estimation and Mitigation. I consider this a high honor. Here is Ben’s take:
Whatever your view of the merits of targeted killing, this article, in my view at least, will [...]
I’m pleased to announce I am a contributor to the forthcoming book Targeted Killing: Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World (Oxford 2012).
Here is the Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION Andrew Altman
PART I: THE CHANGING FACE OF WAR: TARGETING NON-COMBATANTS
Rebutting the Civilian Presumption: Playing Whack-A-Mole Without a Mallet? Colonel [...]
*Lock-up the semester with FedSoc’s Over-Criminalization event: “
Lock-up the semester with FedSoc’s Over-Criminalization event featuring Radley Balko and Prof. McNeal
The event will address the large influx of federal laws and what it means for American citizens. Lunch will be served in the Appellate Court room @12:30pm on Monday, November 14th. [...]
On Friday November 4, 2011 The Florida International Law Review will host their Fall 2011 Symposium. The topic is What the Future Holds: Balancing Law, Liberty and National Security. I will be participating in Panel III- Looking Back to Shape the Future: How Foreign Policy will Affect Law, Liberty and National Security.
Here is [...]
On Tuesday, October 25, 2011 I will be presenting my paper Collateral Damage and Accountability at Santa Clara University School of Law. The event will take place at noon and is open to the public.
On Tuesday, October 4th I will be part of a panel at Mercer University School of Law. The panel discussion will explore the differences between President Obama and President Bush’s national security policies, specifically as they relate to counterterrorism. Some issues we will explore are:
Commentary on how successful the current program has been [...]
In light of the recent news that the CIA has killed al-Awlaki, I thought I’d flag my essay at CATO entitled “The Federal Protective Power and Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens“
Here is an excerpt:
My reading of the Constitution leads me to believe that there are circumstances when the president may order [...]
Short Biography
Greg McNeal is a professor and national security specialist focusing on the institutions and challenges associated with global security, with substantive expertise in national security law and policy, transnational crime, global policy studies, and international affairs.
He teaches at Pepperdine University's School of Law and School of Public Policy.Recent Posts
- Emerging Issues in International Humanitarian Law: Santa Clara Law
- TELEFORUM- Collateral Damage in Combat Operations 3pm ET TODAY
- Short Summary of Collateral Damage/Targeting Piece Now Posted at Lawfare
- Lawfare on my Targeting and Collateral Damage Article
- Targeted Killing: Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World
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