by Greg McNeal | Nov 30, 2011 | Archive
Over at Lawfare I’ve posted a short summary of my . You can access the summary here. To give you a feel for the flavor of the blog post, here is my concluding paragraph: “Taken together, the CDM process provides predictions about likely effects, and the...
by Greg McNeal | Nov 26, 2011 | Archive
Ben Wittes, writing at Lawfare was kind enough to pen a write-up on my empirical paper . I consider this a high honor. Here is Ben’s take: Whatever your view of the merits of targeted killing, this article, in my view at least, will enrich your understanding...
by Greg McNeal | Nov 23, 2011 | Archive
Now available on SSRN is my newest piece, . In the piece I argue that critics of the U.S. policy of targeted killing by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) generally lack credible information to justify their critiques. In fact, in many circumstances their...
by Greg McNeal | Jun 10, 2011 | Archive
My essay The Federal Protective Power and Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens is now available at CATO-Unbound.org. The essay is a response to Ryan Alford’s interesting historical piece entitled Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards a shorter version of his lengthier law...
by Greg McNeal | Jun 6, 2011 | Archive
CATO’s June 2011 issue of Unbound is entitled “Targeted Killing and the Rule of Law” An excerpt: When can the executive lawfully kill? The rule of law itself depends on getting the answer right. Clearly that answer can’t be “never,” because then even...