The Shadow Army: Military Contractors, Citizenship, and the Law February 28, 2008
New York, New York
What position do military contractors hold with regards to international law, domestic accountability? This interdisciplinary panel brings together scholars from the fields of law, anthropology, and philosophy to consider the myriad issues surrounding the growing reliance on privately paid soldiers. Participants will include Mateo Taussig-Rubbo, Associate Professor, University of Buffalo Law School; Paul Kahn, Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities and Director, Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights, Yale University; Avril McDonald, Research Associate of the TMC Asser Institute and Lecturer in International Humanitarian Law at the University of Groningen. Moderated by John Collins, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Queens College
THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Added by Center for the Humanities on January 28, 2008