Aidp Blog

"This blog serves as a discussion site for all things law, with a focus upon criminal law, comparative criminal justice, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, war crimes, international criminal tribunals, human rights and counterterrorism law & policy."

Author: The International Association of Penal Law is the oldest association of criminal law specialists in the world and one of the oldest scientific associations. These AIDP members (all law professors) post: Michael Scharf of Case Western Reserve University; Mark Drumbl of Washington and Lee University; Christopher Blakesley of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Michael Kelly of Creighton University; Gregory McNeal of Pennsylvania State University; Dorean Koenig of Thomas M. Cooley Law School; David Crane of Syracuse University; Amos Guiora of the University of Utah, who also posts at National Security Advisors; Linda Malone of William & Mary; Michael Newton of Vanderbilt University; Jordan Paust of the University of Houston; and David Scheffer of Northwestern University.

Recent Posts from AIDP Blog

Counterterrorism Under President Obama
I was recently interviewed by Patty Satalia, a journalist with WPSU a PBS and NPR affiliate. The interview was approximately one hour long (divided into segments) and questions ran the gamut from a discussion of the…
Closing Guantanamo Bay
I was recently interviewed regarding President Obama’s decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The interview is 15 minutes long. The interview can be heard here: http://gsmcneal.blip.tv/file/2171326/ Or if the link doesn’t work for…
Creating a Domestic Terror Court
View my article, Creating a Domestic Terror Court, forthcoming in the Washburn Law Journal, 2009. Abstract: President Barack Obama has stated that among his initial priorities as commander-in-chief is closing the United States detention facility…
Prosecuting Bush Administration Officials
Julian Mortenson wrote an insightful essay for Slate, providing details about the facts and law applicable to the Spanish investigation of Bush administration officials regarding allegations of torture at Guantanamo Bay. He does a pretty…
Direct Action Against Alleged Terrorists
As Amos pointed out below, the January/February issue of the American Bar Association’s National Security Law Report, a publication of the Standing Committee on Law and National Security is now available on-line. In this issue we…
An Exchange on Israel’s Gaza Campaign
I wanted to bring to your attention an exchange between Prof David Luban (Georgetown University Law Center) and myself regarding “Operation Cast Lead” - Israel’s December 2008-January 2009 campaign in the Gaza Strip. ABSTRACT In…
March 23: Harvard’s Web Seminar on “Closing Guantánamo: Legal and Policy Debates”
On March 23, I will participate in a live Web seminar sponsored by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University. The program, “Closing Guantánamo: Legal and Policy Debates,will begin at 9:30…
Institutional Legitimacy and Counterterrorism Trials
I’ve posted a draft version of my article Institutional Legitimacy and Counterterrorism Trials to SSRN and SelectedWorks. The article is forthcoming in the Richmond Law Review and addresses the relationship between conformity and legitimacy in the…
New ICRC/Cox Center Experts’ Meeting Report on Security Detention
Since President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order in January requiring the closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center within a year, the debate about what to do with the detainees has been marked by…
The Other IHT Trials: An Update
On December 4, 2008, Salem Chalibi and I led a discussion (moderated by Elizabeth Wilmshurst) at Chatham House in London about the post-Dujail trials before the Iraqi High Tribunal. There have been five trials in…