Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
This essay will proceed in four parts. First, it will briefly discuss the concept of the international rule of law. Second, it will offer a short factual background on US drone strikes (to the extent that it is possible to provide factual background on a practice so shrouded in secrecy). Third, it will highlight some of the key ways in which post 9/11 US legal theories relating to the use of force challenge previously accepted concepts and seek to redefine previously well-understood terms. Fourth, it will offer brief concluding thoughts on the future of the international rule of law in light of this challenge.
Publication Citation
28 J. Ethics & Int'l Aff. 83-104 (2014)
Scholarly Commons Citation
Brooks, Rosa, "Drones and the International Rule of Law" (2013). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 1287.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1287
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