The School of Law's Dean Rusk Center presents “Morality in Armed Conflict: Dilemma of the Decision Maker in Operational Counterterrorism.” A lecture by Amos N. Guiora, Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah. Tuesday, October 27 at 12:30 pm in the Larry Walker Room, 4th floor, Rusk Hall, North Campus. Pizza and refreshments will be served.
About this program: In addressing the operational dilemmas of the commander in operational decision making, Professor Guiora will address morality in armed conflict, and legal and policy aspects of counterterrorism and international law issues.
Presented in cooperation with the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
105th Sibley Lecture
The 105th Sibley Lecture will be held on Wednesday, October 28 at 4:30 pm in the Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom in Hirsch Hall. The featured speaker will be Frederick Schauer of the University of Virginia's School of Law speaking on, "When and How (If at All) Does Law Constrain Official Action? Exploring the degree to which decisions of government figures are influenced by the law and the court system." A PDF version of the flyer for this event can be downloaded here.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Congratulations are in order
Congratulations to Drs. Douglas Stinnett and Jaroslav Tir upon receiving a National Science Foundation grant of $ 236,034 to examine the following topic: “ Avoiding Water Wars: Environmental Security Through River Treaty Institutionalization". Funds provided by this award include support from the US Department of Defense/Department of the Army/Army Research Office.
In addition, Dr. Tir's article, co-authored with Matt Fuhrmann (one of our very talented DIA Ph.D’s who is now an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina after a stint Harvard’s Belfer Center as a post-doc) entitled “Territorial Dimensions of Enduring Internal Rivalries” (2009; 26, 307-329) is a the top of the list of the 50 Most Frequently Read Articles (based on full-text and pdf views) in the Journal of Conflict Management and Peace Science. (That list is re-calculated on a monthly basis).
Last but certainly not least, IA alum Jheison Romain (AB '09) is serving a three month internship at the White House for the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs. He is featured in an October 7 Red & Black article.
In addition, Dr. Tir's article, co-authored with Matt Fuhrmann (one of our very talented DIA Ph.D’s who is now an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina after a stint Harvard’s Belfer Center as a post-doc) entitled “Territorial Dimensions of Enduring Internal Rivalries” (2009; 26, 307-329) is a the top of the list of the 50 Most Frequently Read Articles (based on full-text and pdf views) in the Journal of Conflict Management and Peace Science. (That list is re-calculated on a monthly basis).
Last but certainly not least, IA alum Jheison Romain (AB '09) is serving a three month internship at the White House for the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs. He is featured in an October 7 Red & Black article.
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