WILLIAM V. O’BRIEN LECTURE
IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MORALITY
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
APRIL 30, 2013
ALBERTO MORA
My sincere thanks to Georgetown University for having conferred on me the distinction of being asked to present today the William O’Brien Lecture in International Law and Morality. I also wish to thank my friends, Mark Lagon and Tony Arend, for their support of …
On May 15th from 5-7 pm, the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program at Georgetown University will be hosting the celebration of the launch of Professor Ross Harrison’s new book Strategic Thinking in 3D: A Guide for National Security, Foreign Policy and Business Professionals (Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press: 2013). All are welcome. The event will take place on …
The Supreme Court issued its Opinion in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum this morning. Chief Justice Roberts writing the Opinion of the Court:
We therefore conclude that the presumption against extraterritoriality applies to claims under the ATS, and that nothing in the statute rebuts that presumption.
. . .
On these facts, all the relevant conduct took place outside the United States. …
Former General Counsel at the U.S. Department of the Navy, Alberto J. Mora, will deliver the William V. O’Brien Lecture at Georgetown University on Tuesday, April 30 at 5:00 in McNeir Auditorium. The Lecture is open to the public. To register for the event please go to this link.
Mora served as General Counsel from 2001 to 2007 and was an …
My dear friend (of over forty years!) and former fellow board member of the Virginia Journal of International Law, Steve Bainbridge, posts:
When I took International Law at Virginia, it turned out to be a course not about law but about the legal methodology of Myres McDougal. I hated it. No, I mean I hated it. Incomprehensible mumbo jumbo. So imagine …
“IS THE MILITARY USE OF DRONES ETHICALLY DEFENSIBLE?– YES AND NO”
MICHAEL WALZER
AUTHOR OF, JUST AND UNJUST WARS
13 March 2013
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Intercultural Center Auditorium
Georgetown University
Georgetown University’s Master of Foreign Service (MSFS) and Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and International Affairs are pleased to offer this unique talk by Michael Walzer on a burning ethical issue of the …
The Master of Science in Foreign Service Program
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
and
Air University Air War College
present
The Strategic Implications of the U.S. Rebalancing Towards Asia
Three military officers present differing perspectives of the current National Military Strategy
February 19th
9:00AM, ICC 7th Floor, Executive Conference Room
Over at Lawfare my friend Kenneth Anderson comments on my earlier post on judicial oversight of drones:
Georgetown professor Anthony Clark Arend – old friend to many of us at Lawfare – has a new short post on whether judicial oversight of drones would be a good idea – or constitutional. He is skeptical on both counts (this can be added …
Anthony Clark Arend is Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service in the Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Commentary and analysis at the intersection of international law and politics.
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