The Hertog Program engages leading government practitioners and legal scholars on contemporary national security issues. View course offerings and a listing of past events.

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May 10, 2012: Professor Matthew Waxman is interviewed on Obama and the Laws of War for the Council on Foreign Relations.

Apr. 26, 2012: Professor Waxman discusses civil liberties for the Council on Foreign Relations' Campaign 2012 project

Dec. 5, 2011: A Problematic Terrorist Detention Bill, by Professor Matthew Waxman and John B. Bellinger III, a Council on Foreign Relations Expert Brief.

Oct. 27, 2011: Why a cybersecurity treaty is a pipe dream, by Professor Matthew Waxman and Adam Segal, in CNN's Global Public Square.

June 15, 2011: Is the U.S. Mission in Libya Unconstitutional? Professor Matthew Waxman discusses on CNN's American Morning:


Faculty

Watch: Professor Matthew Waxman on The Colbert Report, discussing the legal argument over whether to alert Congress about certain covert action programs, July 22, 2009.

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Listen: Obama's Effect on International Law Professor Sarah Cleveland delivers keynote address on the administration's international law efforts.
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Publications

"The wars of terror have begun, but it will take some time before the nature and composition of these wars are widely understood..."

 


 

These rapidly shifting times have pushed the issue of national security to the forefront of our nation's policy agenda. 

The National Security Law program offers courses, seminars and events to allow students to explore the burgeoning intersection of law and national security.

Our faculty comprises world-renowned legal experts who have held senior-level positions at:

  • The White House
  • The National Security Council
  • The U.S. Department of State
  • The U.S. Department of Defense
  • The Council on Foreign Relations
  • The United Nations
  • The United Nations Democracy Fund
  • The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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The program's courses reflect the faculty's breadth of expertise, and span both the domestic and international planes of national security law.  Courses include:

  • National Security Law
  • Perspectives on National Security and Policy
  • Global Constitutionalism
  • Civil Liberties and the Response to Terrorism
  • Terror and Consent
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Students remain active and engaged in issues of law and national security, with participation in the National Security and Law Society and the National Security and Law Society Blog.
 

 

"In periods of heightened national security concern, it is perhaps inevitable that the judiciary will be called upon to balance the government's asserted need for extraordinary powers against the rights of the individual."
                                                                                       -- Professor Trevor Morrison

»The Middle Ground in Judicial Review of Enemy Combatant Detentions