Prof Jennifer Maddocks

Jenny Maddocks is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy, West Point. She teaches the department’s course on comparative legal systems and is a Faculty Fellow with the Lieber Institute for Law and Warfare. She also serves as the Managing Editor for Articles of War.

Prior to joining the Department of Law, Prof. Maddocks served for more than thirteen years as an officer in the British Army Legal Services. Her military career included operational tours to Afghanistan and Iraq and three years at the Service Prosecuting Authority in Germany. From 2016 to 2018, she was assigned to the Stockton Center for International Law at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. There, she commenced her Ph.D. studies, focusing on state responsibility for international law violations involving non-state actors in armed conflict under the supervision of Prof. Michael N. Schmitt. Following her return to the UK, Prof. Maddocks worked as the legal adviser at an operational headquarters, advising on a variety of international law issues. She was awarded her Ph.D. in January 2022.

Articles of War Posts

Article 9 and the Attribution of Armed Groups’ Attacks to the Territorial State

Beyond Compliance Symposium – Why and How to Go “Beyond the Law” to Address Negative Lived Experiences of Armed Conflict

ISIS Detentions in Syria and the Responsibility of Supporting States

Detention by Non-State Armed Groups – A Review of Ezequiel Heffes’ Monograph

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Iran’s Responsibility for the Attack on Israel

Articles of War Editorial Board Changes

Putin Admits to Funding the Wagner Group: Implications for Russia’s State Responsibility

Contracts Between the Wagner Group and Russia’s Defense Ministry: International Law Implications

Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict

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