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                                 "National Security Law -- Law & Public Policy." -- Dr. Stuart Malawer, J.D., Ph.D..

                                               [New -- President Obama's National Security Strategy (May 2010).

                                                    "Top Secret America." Washington Post (July 19-21, 2010).  ]

                                                                      U.S. Supreme Court

                                                                The U.S. Capital (January 20, 2009)

                         “[W]e reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils   

                             that we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man ….”  

                                                 .............. President Obama’s Inaugural Address (January 21, 2009).  

                                                        --- National Security Speech by President Obama at the National Archives (May 21, 2009) ---                                                                                         

                                                        --- "New Era of Engagement " -- Speech by President Obama to the U.N. (Sept. 23, 2009) (Gen. Assembly Speech).

                                                        --- "Shared Interests, Responsibilities  & Obligations." Washington Post (Nov. 2, 2009).

                                   "But the world must remember that it was not simply international institutions ... that brought stability to a post-World War II 

                                      world ... The united States has helped ... with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms."

                                               .............. President Obama’s Nobel Prize  Address (December 10, 2009).  

                        "The new director of national intelligence told Congress that global economic turmoil and the instability it 

                                 could ignite had outpaced terrorism as the most urgent threat facing the United States."

                                              ............... "Global Economy Top Threat to U.S., Spy Chief Says," New York Times (Feb. 13, 2009).

                                                              "Global Trends 2025 -- A Transformed World." (National Intelligence Council, 2008) (Report).

                       "This country is set apart from the rest of the world because of its unparalleled commitment to personal freedom 

                          and the dignity of the individual .... What, then, can we do to see to it that we more reliably honor our core values?

                                                          ............ Geoffrey Stone, June 20, 2008

                        "During the boom years of the 1990s, globalization emerged as the most significant development in our national life ....

                         In the seven years since 9/11, the question of how we relate to the world beyond our borders — and how we should — has 

                         become inescapable .... It is becoming increasingly clear that the defining constitutional problem for the present generation will 

                         be the nature of the relationship of the United States to ... the international order."

                                                           ........... Noah Feldman, September 28, 2008

          This is an introductory course to the legal and policy issues concerning U.S. national security today. Its emphasis is on developments since 9/11.  It focuses on the legal rules governing the formulation and execution of U.S. national security policy.  It examines U.S. and international law as well as general domestic and foreign policy considerations. In particular, the course considers the principal cases, legislation and treaties impacting U.S. national security.  Special emphasis is on the interplay of national security concerns and civil liberties in this age of global and transnational terrorism.  Professor Stuart Malawer is Distinguished Service Professor of Law & International Trade at George Mason University and a member of the Virginia State Bar. He is a former Chairman of the International Section of the Virginia State Bar and Special Editor of the Virginia Lawyer.

                                                                       Professor Stuart S. Malawer  

                       Recent Books by Professor Malawer -- WTO LITIGATION  (2007) / U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY LAW (2009).

                                                                                               [Click here also for book information.]

     Three aspects of this course are the following: general context is provided by lectures, student presentations assess a range of specific issues, and guest speakers add an additional range of topics.     

     General topics examined in this course include: foreign relations and separation of powers; federalism and foreign affairs; the role of the Congress and the courts in oversight; customary and conventional international law; treaties and executive agreements; war powers of the Executive and Congress;  treatment of prisoners and detainees;  rendition; intelligence legislation; national security and economic relations / foreign investment / trade controls; civil litigation and terrorism;  assessment of the Bush administration's policies.

     There is an assessment of the leading federal cases, federal statutes and international agreements concerning these topics.  (Many of the cases and statutes are specifically edited by the instructor for this class.) 

    The 1990s saw the United States grappling with bringing domestic law to bear on suing foreign states and individuals for terrorism and torture committed abroad.  Post- 9/11 saw the U.S. legal system grappling with formulating laws concerning torture and other acts committed by Americans abroad.  It often said of trade that "politics stops at the water’s edge.” Does the Constitution stop at the water’s edge?

     There are also two team presentations by use of PowerPoint's.  They are on selected critical topics addressing specifically today's crucial issues -- one set focuses on terrorism and one set assesses particular statutes.  There is a midterm and a final examination (open book and laptops permitted).

     Each presentation is 25% of the final grade. The midterm and final exam are each 25% . The course is intended to be highly interactive.  Classroom participation is critical and is considered in the final grade. 

     Guest speakers provide additional perspectives. Topics have included: domestic and international surveillance,  litigation and terrorism, cybersecurity, economic relations and national security, and prosecution of terrorists  in Iraq.

....... ASSIGNMENTS & CLASS SCHEDULE (click here).........                                                    

                                                                                                                          Assistant Attorney General of National Security, Dept. of Justice

                                                                                                    Homeland Security Advisor (nominee), White House.  

• Team Presentations & Topics -- # 1 (Selected Issue). 

  •  (List of Suggested Issues Fall 2009)                                      

   

•   Team Presentations & Topics -- # 2  (Selected Statute).                               

                          Summary Material -- Cases & Statutes.        

• *"Summary of Six S. Ct. Cases (2004-2008)." (Malawer).

• *"Summary of  Federal Statutes  (2008)." (Malawer)

• * Scorecard: Legality of  the Bush Administration's National Security Policies. (May 2008).

•     Excerpts from Final Essay (May 2008) -- "Notes from the War on Terror."

 

[More Recent News.]

 

          Recent News Updates -- Since August 2009

• "New Dept. of Justice Investigation / Possible Prosecution of Abuse Cases." New York Times Online (8.24.09).

• "Inspector General -- CIA  Report 2004." (CIA Released 8.24.09).

• "Statement of Attorney General -- Special Counsel -- Interrogation of Detainees." USDOJ (August 24, 2009).

• "Letter of CIA Chiefs to Stop USDOJ Investigations." (Sept. 18, 2009) New York Times Online (9.19.09).

• "Patriot Act Renewal Fight." New York Times (Sept. 20, 2009).

• "Administration Won't Seek New Detention System (Habeas Corpus Relief)." Washington Post (9.24.09).

• "New State Secrets Policies Established by Dept. of Justice." USDOJ (9.23.09); Editorial (Need Legislation), New York Times (9.29.09).

• "Military Commissions Act 2009 ( Bill) -- Detainees on Trial." Washington Post (10.15.09).

• "U.K. Court Decision on Torture & U.S. Documents." Wall Street Journal (10.17.09). (See also "New U.K. Supreme Court." Wall Street Journal (10.17.09).

• Mukasey, "No Civilian Courts for Detainee Trials." Wall Street Journal (10.19.09).

• "New Supreme Court Detainee Case -- Uighurs." New York Times (10.20.09).

• "Maher Arar Case Rejected by 2d Circuit (Extraordinary Rendition)." Mail & Globe (11.3.09). (Full court decision) (Edited decision).

• "Italy Convicts CIA Operatives in Rendition Case." Wall Street Journal (10.5.09).

• Editorial -- "A National Disgrace (Rendition & Torture)." New York Times (11/11/09).

• "Attorney General Announces Trial of Detainees in New York." USDOJ News (11.13.09).  Editorial -- "A Return to American Justice." New York Times (11.14.09). "Detainees to be Tried in Federal Courts." New York Times (11.14.09).

• "War Crimes -- International Criminal Court." Wall Street Journal (11.27.09).

• Hayden, "Justice and Terror." Washington Post (1.31.10).

• Holder Letter to McConnell (Feb. 3, 2010).

• "Margolis (USDOJ) Memo Rejecting OPR Findings Against Yoo and Bybee." (January 5, 2010).

• "Smearing the Constitution." Washington Post (2.9.10)

• "Tribunal & Error." New York Times (2.12.10).

• Editorial -- "Vindicating John Yoo." Wall Street Journal (2.22.10).

• Editorial -- "Torture Lawyers." New York Times (2.25.10).

• Mukasey, "Lawyers and His Client." Wall Street Journal (March 10, 2010).

• "Liz Cheney's Big Questions." Wall Street Journal (March 18, 2010).

• "Best Trial Option." Washington Post (3.19.10).

• "Obama Team Split on Tactics Against Terror." New York Times (March 29, 2010).

• Harold Koh (Legal Adviser to the Dept. of State & former Yale Law School Dean), "Obama Administration & International Law." American Society of International Law (March 2010).

 

       

                                                   Peter Watson, formerly Asst. National Security Advisor (Asian Affairs),

                                                         President of OPIC and Chairman of US Int'l Trade Commission.

•  The following casebook is required for Fall 2009  -- U.S. National Security Law -- Sourcebook of  Cases, Laws, Treaties & Documents (Hein & Co. ) (2009). 

                                                              "Afghanistan." Financial Times (12.22.09)

                                                                                 Washington Post (1.4.06).

                                  Washington Post (11.18.08)

                               Washington Post (12.07.08)

 

                                Washington Post (4.15.09)

                                 Washington Post (4.23.09)

 

 

                                       Washington Post (5.24.09)

 

 

                               Washington Post (8.27.09)

 

 

                 Washington Post (1.10.10)

 

• (Cartoons --  U.S. Law,  Foreign Policy & National Security.)

               [Office Hours -- Wed.  -- 6:30 - 7:20 p.m. -- Room 216.]                            

      

• General Sources & Agencies.

• NYU Center for Law and Security.

• Georgetown Center for Law and National Security.

• Center for New American Security.

• Duke Center for Law, Ethics & National Security.

• Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security & Law.

• Center for National Security Law (University of Virginia).

• Center for National Security Studies (Washington, D.C.)

• National Security Archive (George Washington University).

• National Security Council (White House).

• National Security Agency.

• New York Times -- U.S. Intelligence Community Website.

• Dept. of  Homeland Security.

• Customs & Border Protection.

• Homeland Security (White House).

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

• U.S. Supreme Court.

  • Oral Arguments Transcripts.

  • S. Ct. Briefs (Merits).

                                          [More ..........]

• News Updates -- Interesting Articles & Reports.         [More Recent News.]

• International Law books and articles by Dr. Malawer:

  • IMPOSED TREATIES & INTERNATIONAL LAW (Hein & Co.)
  • ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL LAW (Hein & Co.)
  • STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW (Hein & Co.).
  • Malawer, Reagan's Law & Foreign Policy (Harvard)

• * Malawer, "Supreme Court, International Law & President Bush." (2004).

• National Intelligence Council. Global Trends 2020 (2004). (Executive Summary)

• "Dept. Justice to Create New National Security Division." (DOJ Press Release March 13, 2006).

• "Potential CIA Liability for Torture." New York Times (9.16.06).

• Princeton National Security Report (2006).

• International Law & National Security (Special Issue of the Virginia Lawyer December 2006).

• Malawer, National Security -- Trade Updates (VSB Panel 2006).

• Malawer, "National Security & Global Mergers." (VSB 2006).

• Malawer, ed., "National Security & International Law" (VSB 2006).

• "Libraries & USA Patriot Act." (CRS 2005).

• "Administrative Subpoenas & National Security Letters." (CRS 2005).

• "Martial Law & National Emergency." (CRS 2005).

• "Terrorism & National Security -- Trends & Issues." (CRS 2006).

• "CFIUS & National Security." (CRS 2006).

• "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance  Act." (CRS 2006).

• "Terrorism & National Security." (CRS 2006).

• "Exon-Florio National Security Test for Foreign Investment." (CRS 2006).

• "Rendition & Law of Torture." (CRS (2006).

• "War Crimes Act -- Current Issues." (CRS 2006).

• "Extraterritoriality & U.S. Criminal Law." (CRS 2006).

• "Renditions & Torture." (CRS 2006).

• "President's Authority, Wireless Wiretaps & Foreign Intelligence." (CRS 2006).

• "Law Enforcement Agencies Lack Direction as to Prosecute Terrorists." (GAO Report 2007).

• "National Security Reviews of Foreign Acquisitions." (GAO Report 2007).

• "Canadian Courts Restrict Terror Law." New York Times (2.24.07).

• "Supreme Court Reverses Self -- To Hear Detainee Case." International Herald Tribune (9.2.07).

• "Jack Goldsmith -- Conscience of a Conservative." New York Times Magazine (9.9.07).

• "Secret Endorsement of Torture." New York Times (10.4.07).

• "Blackwater & Lawlessness." Financial Times (10.4.07).

• "Broken Laws, Broken Lives." (Physicians for Human Rights 2008). (Report)

• "War Powers -- Miller Center Report (Baker & Christopher)." (2008).

• "Project on National Security Reform -- Preliminary Findings." (July (2008).

• "Managing Foreign Policy & National Security." Wash. Quarterly (Autumn 2008).

• "New US Dept. of Justice FBI Guidelines -- Memo of Attorney General." (USDOJ 10.3.08).

• Global Trends 2025 -- A Transformed World (National Intelligence Council, 2008). (Executive Summary)

• Detainee Report of the Senate Armed Service Committee (Congress 12.11.08); "Report Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee Abuses." New York Times (12.12.08) .

• "Libel Tourism: International Forum Shopping for Defamation Claims." (JCPA 2008).

• "Executive Agreements & Global Governance." New York Times (January 5, 2009).

• "War About Terror: Civil Liberties & National Security After 9/11." (Council on Foreign Relations Feb. 2009).

• "DOJ Release Nine Bush Era Memos." USDOJ News (March 2, 2009); "Bush Era Memos Released by Justice." New York Times (March 3, 2009) ;  DOJ OLC Memo (Jan. 15 2009).

• "Private Litigation & Torture Memos." New York Times (March 7, 2009); "Litigation -- Bush Lawyers & Terror War." New York Times (3.9.09).

• "Interrogation Memos Released by DOJ for CIA," New York Times (4.17.09); Torture Memos (USDOJ 2002, 2005); "Summary of 'Torture' Techniques," New York Times (4.17.09).

• "Psychologists & Interrogations." Washington Post (4.18.90).

• "Investigations for Torture Memos -- NYT Editorial." New York Times (4.19.09).

• "Torture Memos -- No Lawyer Prosecutions, but Disciplinary Measures, Maybe." New York Times (5.6.09).

• "State Secrets Protection Act (Proposal)." Washington Post (May 11, 2009).

•  "National Security Speech by President Obama at the National Archives." (May 21, 2009) .

• Cyberspace Security Review (May 2009).

• IG Report on Bush Surveillance Program (July 2009).

• "Sotomayer & International Law." Wall Street Journal (July 14, 2009).

• "Patriot Act Renewal Fight." New York Times (Sept. 20, 2009).

• "Administration Won't Seek New Detention System (Habeas Corpus Relief)." Washington Post (9.24.09).

• "New State Secrets Policies Established by Dept. of Justice." USDOJ (9.23.09); Editorial (Need Legislation), New York Times (9.29.09).

• "Military Commissions Act 2009 ( Bill) -- Detainees on Trial." Washington Post (10.15.09).

• "U.K. Court Decision on Torture & U.S. Documents." Wall Street Journal (10.17.09). (See also "New U.K. Supreme Court." Wall Street Journal (10.17.09).

• Mukasey, "No Civilian Courts for Detainee Trials." Wall Street Journal (10.19.09).

• "New Supreme Court Detainee Case -- Uighurs." New York Times (10.20.09).

• "Maher Arar Case Rejected by 2d Circuit (Extraordinary Rendition)." Mail & Globe (11.3.09). (Full court decision) (Edited decision).

• "Italy Convicts CIA Operatives in Rendition Case." Wall Street Journal (10.5.09).

• Editorial -- "A National Disgrace (Rendition & Torture)." New York Times (11/11/09).

• "Attorney General Announces Trial of Detainees in New York." USDOJ News (11.13.09).  Editorial -- "A Return to American Justice." New York Times (11.14.09). "Detainees to be Tried in Federal Courts." New York Times (11.14.09).

• "Supreme Court, Abuse Photos & FOIA." New York Times (Editorial 12.5.09).

• "Obama's Nobel Prize Speech ('Just War')." White House (Press Release 12.10.09)

• "U.S. - Russia Cyberwarfare Negotiations." New York Times (12.13.09).

• "Credit Suisse Agrees to Forfeit $536 Million for Violation of IEEPA."  USDOJ News (12.16.09).

• "Questions on Security Mar Foreign Investments." New York Times (12.18.09).

• "Prioritizing U.S. Cybersecurity." (Council on Foreign Relations 12.28.09).

• "Securing the Information Highway -- Enhancing the U.S. Electronic Defenses." Foreign Affairs (Non. / Dec. 2009).

• "Obama Curbs Secrecy of Classified Documents." New York Times (12.30.09); Executive Order - Classified National Security Information (December 29, 2009); Presidential Memo on Classified National Security Information (12.29.09).

• "Pentagon Computer-Network Defense Command." Washington Post (Jan. 3, 2010).

• "Holder Proposal for Expanding Public Safety Exception or New Terrorism Exception to Miranda Warnings by Congressional Action." New York Times (5.10.10).

• President Obama's National Security Strategy (May 2010).

• "Top Secret America." Washington Post (July 19-21, 2010).

                                                      [More ........]        [More Recent News.]

• Legislation.

• National Security Act (1947).

• Classified Information Procedures Act (1980).

• Military Jurisdiction Extraterritorial Act (2000).

• Intelligence Reform & Terrorism Prevention Act 2004.

• Detainee Treatment Act (2005).

• Military Commissions Act (2006).

• Foreign Investment National Security Act (2007). 

• Protect America Act 2007.

• U.S. Code --  Part 1, Ch. 113B : "Terrorism."

• Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments (2008) (Senate Bill).

• Military Commissions Act 2009.

                                        [More ........]

• Treaties.

• U.N. Convention Against Torture.

• Geneva Conventions. (Int'l  Red Cross / Int'l Humanitarian Law).

                                       [More ........]

 

General  Research Links & Journals.

• ESILI (Electronic Infor. System for Int'l Law / ASIL).
• Federal Judiciary (Administrative Office of  U.S. Courts).
• Find Law.com  
• Globalex (NYU) (International & Foreign Law).
• GlobalSecurity.org
• International Law in Brief (updates by ASIL / ILM).
• Journal of National Security Law & Policy.
• Justa (U.S. laws).
• Law.com
• Law Library of Congress
• Library of Congress (Thomas)
• Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)  
• Lexis 
• Library of Congress (Global Legal Information Network)  
• OpsLaw.com (Iraq issues for military lawyers).
• U.S. Supreme Court.

                                       [More ........]

• Government & Research Links.

• Government Printing Office (GPO) (access to all documents).

• General Accountability Office (GAO).

  • "U.S Export Controls Post 9/11" (GAO 2006).

  • "National Security Review & Foreign Takeovers." (GAO March 2007).

• Terrorism & Financial Intelligence (Treasury Dept.)

  • U.S. Government Links (Terrorism)

  • U.N. Links (Terrorism).

• National Security Law Reports (ABA).

• "National Security Strategy of the U.S." (White House, Sept. 2002).

• "National Security Strategy of the U.S." (White House, March 2006).

• "National Strategy for Combating Terrorism" (White House 2006).

• "National Security for Homeland Security" (White House, Oct. 2007).

• "Terrorism Reports -- FBI & Dept. of Justice." (annual).

• "National Security  & Law Society."

• "ACLU -- National Security Project." (website).

•  "Amnesty International -- USA 2008 Report." (Amnesty International, 2008)

• "National War Powers Commission." (University of Virginia).

• "Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book." (Director of National Intelligence 2007)

• Iraq Reconstruction (Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, 2008).

• National Security Division (Dept. of Justice).

                                           [More .......]

• Some Cases & Newer Cases.

• FindLaw link to "Terrorism Cases."

• Rasul v. Bush (S. Ct. June 2004).

• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. (S. Ct. June 2004).

• Rumsfeld v. Padilla. (S. Ct. June 2004).

• Filartiga v. Pena-Irala (2d Cir. 1980).

• United States v. Moussaoui (4th Cir. Ct., Sept. 13, 2004) (enemy combatant witnesses).

• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (S. Ct. 2006).

• NSA Wiretap Case (D. Ct. Michigan, 2006).

• Boumediene v. Bush (S. Ct. 2008). [Edited case.]

• Munaf  v. Geren (S. Ct. 2008). [Edited case.]

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal (S. Ct. 2009).

• Samantar v. Yousuf (S. Ct. 2010)

• Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder (S. Ct. 2010)

                                             [More ........]

 

       Click here for professor Malawer's website for International Trade Relations.  (2009). The new Oxford Global Law Program was directed by Dr. Malawer in Summer 2009. (Overview of Oxford Program); Evaluation of Oxford Law Program (Stuart S. Malawer).

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        Stuart S. Malawer, J.D., Ph.D. is the Distinguished Service Professor of Law & International Trade at George Mason University and Visiting Professor, St. Peter's College, Oxford University. He was recently named to the Board of Directors of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine.   His two new casebooks  U.S. National Security Law -- Sourcebook of  Cases, Laws, Treaties & Documents (Hein & Co. ) (2009) and  Stuart Malawer,  WTO Law, Litigation & Policy: Sourcebook of Internet Material (Hein 2007) were published by Wm S. Hein & Company. The new Oxford Global Law Program was directed by Dr. Malawer in Summer 2009. (Overview of Oxford Program). This will be given again Summer 2010. www.OxfordGlobal Law.com . Dr. Malawer recently completed a  study on Virginia and international trade and investment (2009).  Dr. Malawer presented  "U.S.-China Litigation Offensive in the WTO"  at  St. Peter's College, Oxford University (Summer 2007) and at the Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting (Summer 2007). He also edited the special publication  on global trade law for the Virginia State Bar. He recently served as a panelist at the Cordell Hull Institute's program on Doha and the WTO assessing the rule of law and institutions in economic development.  Dr. Malawer has recently served as special editor of the National Security Law issue of the Virginia Lawyer (December 2006), which contained his article on global mergers and national security.  He returned last summer (2006) from a visit to Russia where he wrote an op-ed on the G8 & Russia's accession to the WTO. (Photo & op-ed.) He recently participated and chaired the Virginia State Bar Panels on "Trade Issues after the Midterm Elections" (2007) and  "National Security Law & International Practice"  (2006).  He  received a special award  for serving as special editor of the Virginia Lawyer (1990 - 2005). Dr. Malawer  participated in the  Virginia Governor's Trade Mission to India (2007) as well as earlier ones to China and Japan.  He was named the George Mason University Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year for 2000. Alumni established The Malawer-Paden Founders' Scholarship which was formally announced by former Governor of Virginia Gerald Baliles in 2001. He was the founding Director of the Graduate International Transactions Program (renamed the ICP) and formerly the Director of the Oxford Trade Program  which included study at the WTO and other international trade institutions in Geneva, Switzerland.  (Geneva & Oxford Trade Programs).  He is the author of the five-volume treatise "Federal Regulation of International Business."  and the recently published "WTO Law, Litigation & Policy: A Sourcebook of Internet Material." (2007). Short resume.