Lawfully Using Autonomous Weapon Technologies

Lawfully Using Autonomous Weapon Technologies

Lawfully Using Autonomous Weapon Technologies Editor’s note: This post is derived from the author’s recently published book Lawfully Using Autonomous Weapon Technologies, published with Springer Press. We, members of the human race in 2024, already live in a...
Legal Black Hole Redux: The 9/11 Military Commission Plea Withdrawal

Legal Black Hole Redux: The 9/11 Military Commission Plea Withdrawal

Legal Black Hole Redux: The 9/11 Military Commission Plea Withdrawal When a military commander makes a bad call, or a series of them, they are typically relieved of the duty pursuant to which the call was made. President Lincoln took this route with General George...
Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making

Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making

Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making In 1948, in a judgment commonly known as the Hostage case, a U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg acquitted Lothar Rendulic, commander of the German 20th Mountain Army, of offences related to the...
Through the Drone Looking Glass: Visualization Technologies and Military Decision-Making

Through the Drone Looking Glass: Visualization Technologies and Military Decision-Making

Through the Drone Looking Glass: Visualization Technologies and Military Decision-Making On 29 August 2021, the U.S. military launched its last drone strike in Afghanistan before American troops withdrew from the country. The strike targeted a white Toyota Corolla...