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Richard Salomon
| Sep 20, 2023 | 2023 DoD Manual Revision, AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, LOAC History
2023 DoD Manual Revision – What’s Chivalry Got to Do with It? Regrettably, the recent update of the U.S. Department of Defense Law of War Manual continues to associate chivalry with the law of armed conflict. No change has been made in Section 2.6 of the Manual or the...
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Richard Salomon
| Dec 3, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Occupation
Occupation Resistance, War-Rebels, and the Lieber Code The origin of the codified law of belligerent occupation is often traced to the Hague Regulations of 1899 (updated in 1907). However, the Lieber Code of 1863 laid important and underappreciated legal groundwork...
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Richard Salomon
| Jan 7, 2021 | AoW Posts, History of LOAC, Topics
Is the Lieber Code Humanitarian? Some critics maintain that the Lieber Code is not humanitarian. They are surprised and disappointed that Francis Lieber—one of the fathers of the modern law of war and an inspiration for the Hague Conferences—fails to meet their...
