Title: War Is Too Important to be Left to the Lawyers
Abstract: Abstract : This paper examines the rising phenomenon of law as a weapon capable of producing military advantages or disadvantages on the 21st century battlefield. Specifically, it explores how legal differences between the U.S. and coalition partners have adversely impacted the theater commander's military operations in Kosovo during ALLIED FORCE and in Iraq and Afghanistan during counter-insurgency operations. Finally, the paper offers suggestions for who should be responsible for improving legal interoperability, where they should engage, and what tools they currently have available for identifying, minimizing, or at least ameliorating, legal differences between U.S. and coalition partners in the future.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-10-29
Language: en
Type: report
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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