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Law of War

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Government, Politics

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Israel declares war on Hamas after the terrorist organization murders hundreds of civilians. But now, with Israel already carrying out attacks in Gaza, things are about to get litigious. David French analyses the meanings and implications of the Law of War and debates Sarah Isgur whether International Law is even a thing. Plus if you want to hear David explain the moral dimension of war law, join The Skiff for a short impromptu follow up discussion. -Military tribunals -Ukraine/Russia comparison -The complicated, interesting, and weird details of the Acheson Hotel case -Mootness versus standing doctrines in the CFBP case Show Notes: -Urban Warfare Project by John Spencer -Law of Land Warfare To get The Skiff on your personal podcast player: CLICK HERE to get your personal feed. How to subscribe to The Skiff: To follow The Skiff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you catch your podcasts, please follow these instructions: -Choose which device you prefer to listen on (Mac, iOS, Android…). –Click here to get your personal feed. (Make sure you’re logged in as a Dispatch member!) -Select The Skiff. -Select your device and podcast player (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, etc.): this will let you subscribe to the feed for direct updates! Note: If your preferred podcast player asks you to subscribe by RSS feed you’ll need to copy and paste a URL link. To get that link, go back to the menu with all of the options to subscribe (the page with all of the player logos), scroll to the bottom, and copy the link you see there. Then, go back to your player and paste it in the field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:01.0

Ready.

0:02.6

I was born ready.

0:19.1

Welcome to advisory opinions.

0:20.7

I'm Sarah Isgra, that's David French.

0:22.6

And we have sort of shot what our original podcast today was going to be about.

0:28.4

We've kind of pushed it to the second half.

0:30.8

So in the second half of this podcast, we're going to talk about the two super fun Supreme

0:35.1

court cases from the opening of the term.

0:38.2

That's right.

0:39.0

The funding mechanism for the CFPB and my personal favorite, Atchison hotel on ADA testers.

0:46.2

We'll get to those fun details in a little bit.

0:48.2

They were fun arguments.

0:49.3

But first, David, we're going to talk law of war.

0:53.6

Yeah.

0:54.7

Yeah, we're going to talk law of war because I'm pretty sure if it doesn't, in fact, appear

1:01.3

that Israel is going to do what virtually any sovereign nation would do.

1:04.7

If it confronted an attack like it experienced late last week and is going to try to

1:11.6

not just manage Hamas or not just sort of

1:16.4

not just sort of have an incursion to punish Hamas, but the stated goal is

1:21.2

to remove Hamas from power in Gaza.

1:24.8

And so every single time the Israeli-Palestinian conflict flares, especially in Gaza where

1:32.3

Hamas has been in control since the early 2000s or mid 2000s.

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