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Books and Monographs

Legal Editor, Crimes of War (Roy Gutman et. al. eds., 2d ed., Norton, 2007).

International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines (Michael N. Schmitt & Jelena Pejic eds., Martinus Nijhoff, 2007) (585 pp.).

Terrorism and International Law: Challenges and Responses (International Institute of Humanitarian Law) (Michael N. Schmitt & Gian Luca Beruto eds., 2003) (172 pp.).

Computer Network Attack and International Law (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 76) (Michael N. Schmitt & Brian T. O’Donnell eds., 2002) (568 pp.).

International Law Across the Spectrum of Conflict (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 75) (Michael N. Schmitt ed., 2000) (609 pp.).

The Law of Armed Conflict: Into the Next Millennium (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 71) (Michael N. Schmitt & Leslie C. Green eds., 1998) (535 pp.).  

The Law of Military Operations (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 72) (Michael N. Schmitt ed., 1998) (458 pp.). 

Levie on the Law of War (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 70) (Michael N. Schmitt & Leslie C. Green eds., 1998) (515 pp.). 

With Mehmet Nur Tanisek, Turkish Labor Law (Irvington, N.Y.: Transnational Pub., 1996) (Introduction and translations, 276 pp.). 

Blockade Law: Research Designs and Sources (Legal Research Guides, vol. 12) (Buffalo: Hein, 1991) (63 pp.).


Articles

Responding to Transnational Terrorism under the Jus ad Bellum: A Normative Framework, in International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines 157-95 (Michael N. Schmitt & Jelena Pejic eds., Martinus Nijhoff, 2007).
 
Contractors on the Battlefield: The US Approach, Militar Rechtelijk Tijdschrift (Military Law review - Netherlands ) (July-August 2007), at 264-280.

Civilians at War: Deconstructing the 21st Century Battlefield, Remarks at Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), November 2007.

With Heather A. Harrison Dinniss & Thomas C. Winfield, Computers and War: The Legal Battlespace, Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative Briefing Paper (June 2004), reprinted in 3 Journal of the Xi'an (China) Politics Institute (2007). 

21st Century Conflict: Can the Law Survive?, 8(2) Melbourne Journal of International Law 443-476 (2007).

The United States Supreme Court and Detainees in the War on Terror, 37 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights 33-84 (2007).

Targeted Killings in International Law: Law Enforcement, Self-Defense and Armed Conflict, in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law:  Towards a New Merger in International Law (Roberta Arnold & Noelle Quenivert eds., Transnational, 2007) (forthcoming).

Targeting, in Perspectives on the ICRC Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law 131-68 (Susan Breau & Elizabeth Wilmshurst eds., Cambridge University Press, 2007).

Effects-Based Operations and the Law of Aerial Warfare, 5 Washington University Global Studies Law Review 265 (2006).

Asymmetrical Warfare and International Humanitarian Law, in International Humanitarian Law Facing New Challenges (Symposium in Honour of Knut Ipsen) ( Berlin: Springer, Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg & Volker Epping eds., 2007) at 11-48. 

International Law and Military Operations in Space, 10 Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 89-125 (2006). 

With Yoram Dinstein & Charles H.B. Garraway, The Manual on the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict: With Commentary, (San Remo: International Institute of Humanitarian Law, 2006), reprinted in 36 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (2006) (Special Supplement, 71 pp.).

Fault Lines in the Law of Attack, in Testing the Boundaries of International Humanitarian Law 277-307 (Susan Breau & Agnieszka Jachec-Neale eds., London, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2006).

Precision Attack and International Humanitarian Law, 87 (No. 859) International Review of the Red Cross 445-466 (Sept. 2005).

Conduct of Hostilities During Operational Iraqi Freedom: An International Humanitarian Law Assessment, 6 Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 73-110 (2003).

War, Technology, and International Humanitarian Law (Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research Occasional Paper #4 (Summer 2005).

Humanitarian Law and Direct Participation in Hostilities by Private Contractors or Civilian Employees, 5 Chicago Journal of International Law 511-546 (2005).

CNA and the Jus in Bello: An Introduction, in Computer Network Attacks and the Applicability of International Humanitarian Law (Stockholm: Swedish NDC, Karin Bystrom ed., 2004) at 101-125.

With Charles H.B. Garraway, Occupation Policy in Iraq and International Law, 9 International Peacekeeping: The Yearbook of International Peace Operations 27-61 (2004).

US Security Strategies: A Legal Assessment, 27 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 737-763 (2004).

The Legality of Operation Iraqi Freedom under International Law, 3:2 Journal of Military Ethics 82-104 (2004)      

"Direct Participation in Hostilities" and 21st Century Armed Conflict, in Crisis Management and Humanitarian Protection: Festschrift fur Dieter Fleck (Berlin: BWV, Horst Fischer et al eds., 2004), at 505-529.                                                                                                  

The American Military Justice System and the Response to Prisoner Abuse, Crimes of War Project, June 2004.

Targeting and Humanitarian Law: Current Issues, 34 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (2004) at 59 - 104.

The Impact of High and Low-Tech Warfare on the Principle of Distinction, Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative Briefing Paper (November 2003), reprinted in International Humanitarian Law and the 21st Century's Conflicts: Changes and Challenges (Lausanne: Editions Interuniversitaires Suisses, Roberta Arnold & Pierre-Antoine Hildbrand eds., 2005). 

International Law and the Use of Force: The Jus ad Bellum, Connections, September 2003, at 89-97.

Bellum Americanum Revisited: U.S. Security Strategy and the Jus ad Bellum, 176 Military Law Review 364-421 (2003), 16th Annual Waldemar A. Solf Lecture, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School.  

Deconstructing October 7th: A Case Study in the Lawfulness of Counterterrorist Military Operations, in Terrorism and International Law: Challenges and Responses (San Remo: International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Michael N. Schmitt & Gian Luca Beruto eds., 2003) at 39-49.

Terrorism and International Law: Challenges and Responses (San Remo: International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Michael N. Schmitt & Gian Luca Beruto eds., 2003) at 39-49.

The Law of Belligerent Occupation, Crimes of War Project, April 2003.

International Law and the Use of Force: Attacking Iraq. RUSI Journal, February 2003, at 13-15.

Preemptive Strategies and International Law, 24 Michigan Journal of International Law 513-448 (2003).

Armed Conflict and Law in This Century, 30:1 Human Rights 3-5 (April 2003).

Rethinking the Geneva Conventions, Crimes of War Project, January 2003 .

Counter-terrorism and the Use of Force in International Law, 32 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (2002) at 53 - 116, reprinted as Marshall Paper #5 (November 2002), and reprinted in International Law and the War of Terror (Fred Borch and Paul Wilson eds., 2003), at 7-73.

The Guantanamo Captives: Trial, Detention or Release?, Crimes of War Project, May 2002.

Law, Policy, Ethics and the Warfighter's Dilemma, 1:2 Journal of Military Ethics 113-124 (2002). 

Ethics and Military Force: The Jus in Bello, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, January 2002.   See also Glossary of Terms: Humanitarian Law, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (2005).

Wired Warfare: Computer Network Attack and International Law, 84 (No. 846) International Review of the Red Cross 365-399 (June 2002), reprinted in Computer Network Attack and International Law (Michael N. Schmitt & Brian O’Donnel eds., 2002) at 187-218.

With Charles Garraway, Yoram Dinstein, and Michel Bourbonniere, The Code of Conduct for Military Operations during Non-International Armed Conflict (International Institute of Humanitarian Law, October 2001).

With Mihaela Vasiu, NATO Enlargement on the Eve of the Second Round, 1 Connections 69-90 (2001).

Computer Network Attack: The Normative Software; 4 Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 53-85 (2001).

The Law of Armed Conflict as Soft Power:  Optimizing Strategic Choice, in International Law Across the Spectrum of Conflict (Michael N. Schmitt ed., 2000), at 455-482.

Humanitarian Law and the Environment, 28 Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 265-323 (2000).

With Peter J. Richards, Into Uncharted Waters: The International Criminal Court, Naval War College Review, Winter 2000, at 93-136.

The Use of Force in International Law, JAG Warrior, June 1999, at 3-4.

The Principle of Distinction in 21st Century Warfare, 2 Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal 143-182 (1999) (revised from Future War and the Principle of Distinction, infra).

Angriffe im Computernetz und das Ius ad Bellum, Neue Zeitschrift für Wehrrecht, Sept./Oct., 1999, at 177-195.

With Joseph E. Cole, 50 Golden Years (The Judge Advocate General’s Department: A Brief Retrospective), The Reporter, (Special History Edition, vol. 26, 1999), at 11-21.

Computer Network Attack and Use of Force in International Law: Thoughts on a Normative Framework, 37 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 885-937 (1999) (special issue to honor Telford Taylor), reprinted as Institute for Information Technology Applications (USAF Academy) Publication # 1, July 1999.

Future War and the Principle of Discrimination, 28 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights 51-90 (1999). 

With Peter J. Richards, Mars Meets Mother Nature: Protecting the Environment During Armed Conflict, 28 Stetson Law Review 1047-1090 (1999).

Bellum Americanum: The U.S. View of Twenty-First Century War and Its Possible Implications for the Law of Armed Conflict, 19 Michigan Journal of International Law 1051-1090 (1998), reprinted in The Law of Armed Conflict: Into the Next Millennium (Michael N. Schmitt and Leslie C. Green eds., 1998), at 389-428 (Winner, 2000 Klaus Kuhn Prize, International Institute of Humanitarian Law).

War and the Environment: Fault Lines in the Prescriptive Landscape, 37 Archiv des Völkerrechts 25-67 (1999), reprinted in The Environmental Consequences of War: Legal, Economic, and Scientific Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, Jay Austin & Carl Bruch eds., 2000), at 87-136.

Clipped Wings: Effective and Legal No-fly Zone Rules of Engagement, 20 Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Journal  727-789 (1998), reprinted in The Law of Military Operations (Michael N. Schmitt ed., 1998), at 239-295.

National Security Law Resources on the Internet, National Security Law Report, Winter 1998, at 9-10.

The International Court of Justice and the Use of Nuclear Weapons, Naval War College Review, Spring 1998, at 91-116, reprinted in 7 USAFA Journal of Legal Studies 57-96 (1997).

Green War: An Assessment of the Environmental Law of International Armed Conflict, 22 Yale Journal of International Law 1-109 (1997).

With John Astley, The Law of the Sea and Naval Operations, 42 Air Force Law Review 119-156 (1997).

With Robert A. Coe, Fighter Ops for Shoe Clerks, 42 Air Force Law Review 49-100 (1997).

“On the Road” with Uncle Sam, in Yale Graduates at Work  60-62 (Yale Law School, 1997).

Identifying National Objectives and Developing Strategy: A Process-Oriented Approach, Strategic Review, Winter 1997, at 24-37.

The Environmental Law of War: An Invitation to Critical Reexamination, 6 USAFA Journal of Legal Studies 237-271 (1996), reprinted in 36 Revue de Droit Militaire et de Droit de Guerre 13-53 (1997) (Winner, 1996 Military Operations and Law Prize, Naval War College).

Six Cardinal Rules of Accountability in the Era of Core Values, TIG Brief, January-February 1996, at 8-11, reprinted in USAF Senior Noncommissioned Officer Correspondence Course, Supplementary Material, Vol. 1 (Maxwell AFB, Al.: College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education, 1996), at 24-28.

Aegean Angst: The Greek-Turkish Dispute, Naval War College Review, Summer 1996, at 42-72, revised and reprinted as Aegean Angst: A Historical and Legal Analysis of the Greek-Turkish Dispute, 2 Roger Williams University Law Review 15-56 (1996).

The Resort to Force in International Law:  Reflections on Positivist and Contextualist Approaches, 37 Air Force Law Review 105-120 (1994) (Winner, 1995 Society of the Strategic Air Command Outstanding A.F.L.Rev. Article).

Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions, in The Operations Law Deployment Deskbook, Vol. 1, Tab 12, pp. 1 - 25, International and Operations Law Division, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Department of the Air Force, 1994.

State Sponsored Assassination in International and Domestic Law 17 Yale Journal of International Law 609-685 (1992) (Winner, 1991 Yale University Ambrose Gherini Prize).

At the Confluence of Law and Morality, 31 Revue de Droit Militaire et de Droit de la Guerre 295-327 (1992), reprinted in 3 USAFA Journal of Legal Studies 91-106 (1992), and reprinted in 47 Derecho (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru) 465-491 (1993) as El Encuentro Del Derecho y la Moral: Reflexiones Sobre la Guerra Justa.

Derecho Internacional y Asesinato Patrocinado por el Estado, 1.1 Derecho y Humanidades (Chile) 63-88 (1992).

Aerial Blockades in Historical, Legal, and Practical Perspective, 2 USAFA Journal of Legal Studies 21-86 (1991).

The Judicial and Non-Judicial Punishment Systems of the Soviet Armed Forces, 4.1 Journal of Soviet Military Studies 87-123 (1991).

With James Moody, The Soviet Military Justice System, 34 Air Force Law Review 1-108 (1991).

With Steven Hatfield, Durable Powers of Attorney, 134 Military Law Review 203-230 (1991).

With Steven A. Hatfield, Scientific Evidence in Courts-Martial: From the General Acceptance Standard to the Relevancy Approach, 130 Military Law Review 135-169 (1991), reprinted in 20 Polygraph 80-107 (1991), and reprinted as USAFA Technical Report 90-7, 1990.

The Unruly Bear: Discipline in the Soviet Military, In Politics, Spring 1991, at 18-21

The Use of Force Overseas: An Analytical Framework, 39 Naval Law Review 93-101 (1990).

With Laura H. Crocker, DNA Typing: Novel Scientific Evidence in the Military Courts, 32 Air Force Law Review 227-330 (1990).

With Steven A. Hatfield, Planning for Disability: The Durable Power of Attorney, The Reporter, Sep. 1990, at 2-6.

Living Wills, The Reporter, Dec. 1989, at 1-7.


Review Essays and Book Reviews

Nuclear Weapons and the World Court, by Ved P. Nanda & David Krieger, in 9 USAFA Journal of Legal Studies 179-188 (1998-98).

Modern Approaches to Considering Modern Military History, review essay of  The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern War, by Charles Townshend (ed.), and War and the World: Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000, by Jeremy Black, in Naval War College Review, Spring 1999, at 143-150.

Law on the Battlefield, by A.P.V. Rogers, in 8 USAFA Journal of Legal Studies 255-286 (1998).

The Handbook of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflict, by Dieter Fleck (ed.), in Naval War College Review, Summer 1998, at 132-34.

Land and Maritime Zones of Peace in International Law, by Surya Subedi, in 91 American Journal of International Law 568-569 (1997).

The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World, by Michael Howard, George Andreopoulos and Mark Shulman (eds.), in Naval War College Review, Summer 1997, at 128-130.

National Defense and the Environment, by Stephen Dycus, in Naval War College Review, Spring 1997, at 126-129.  

New Haven Revisited: Law, Policy, and the Pursuit of World Order, review essay of Lung-chu Chen, An Introduction to Contemporary International Law: A Policy-oriented Perspective (1989), in 1 USAFA Journal of Legal Studies 185-204 (1990).  

 

Michael N. Schmitt
Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law
International Law Department
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