Counterinsurgency Law

William C. Banks is the Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor of Law at the Syracuse University College of Law, where he directs the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism. He also serves as a Professor of Public Affairs and International Affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at Syracuse University and as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy. With Stephen Dycus and Peter Raven-Hansen, he is also co-author of National Security Law, 5th edition, the leading text in the subject area.

• INTRODUCTION - WILLIAM C. BANKS, SHAPING A GLOBAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR COUNTERINSURGENCY: PLACING POSTMODERN WAR IN CONTEXT; PART I: CONVERGING PARADIGMS IN CONTEMPORARY ARMED CONFLICT: FRAMING PROBLEMS OF COIN; CHAPTER 1 - DAPHNE RICHEMOND-BARAK, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND THE CONVERGENCE OF HUMANITARIAN LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; CHAPTER 2 - EVAN J. CRIDDLE, PROPORTIONALITY IN COUNTERINSURGENCY: RECONCILING HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW; PART II: REUNIFYING THE LAWS OF ARMED CONFLICT: NON-INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND COIN OPERATIONS; CHAPTER 3 - ERIC TALBOT JENSEN, REUNIFYING THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT IN COIN OPERATIONS THROUGH A SOVEREIGN AGENCY THEORY; CHAPTER 4 - GEOFFREY S. CORN, TWO SIDES OF THE COMBATANT COIN: UNTANGLING DIRECT PARTICIPATION FROM BELLIGERENT STATUS IN NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS; PART III: PROTECTING CIVILIANS AND RISKING THE FORCE IN COIN; CHAPTER 5- PETER MARGULIES, VALOR'S VICES: AGAINST A STATE DUTY TO RISK FORCES IN ARMED CONFLICT; CHAPTER 6 - CHRISTOPHER JENKS, AGENCY OF RISK: THE COMPETING BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING MILITARY FORCES AND THE CIVILIAN POPULATION DURING COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN; CHAPTER 7 - GREGORY S. MCNEAL, NEW APPROACHES TO REDUCING AND MITIGATING HARM TO CIVILIANS; PART IV: NEW PROBLEMS FOR UNCONVENTIONAL BATTLEFIELDS; CHAPTER 8- BOAZ GANOR, TERRORISM AND THE LAWS OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL WARFARE; CHAPTER 9 - ROBERT M. CHESNEY, THE USE OF FORCE REGIME AND UNCONVENTIONAL THREATS: ANWAR AL-AWLAKI AS A CASE STUDY; CHAPTER 10 - CORRI ZOLI, THE GAZA FLOTILLA INCIDENT: THE ROLE OF MARITIME LAW AND STRATEGY IN COIN OPERATIONS