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Vikram David Amar:

• Is it Appropriate, Under the Constitution, For State and Local Governments to Weigh in on the War on Terror and a Possible War with Iraq? (Mar. 7, 2003)

Barton Aronson:

• Why The So-Called "Moral" Arguments Against War With Iraq Are Actually Immoral (Dec. 8, 2002)

Phillip Carter:

• Why the Recent Civilian Shootings Near Karbala, While Tragic, Were Probably Lawful (Apr. 7, 2003)

Anupam Chander:

• Secrets and Lies: How Secret Bidding and the Shut-Out of Foreign Corporations in Iraqi Reconstruction Violates International Trade Principles (Apr. 24, 2003)

Marjorie Cohn:

• Why The U.N. General Assembly Has Authority To Speak on the War on Iraq In the Event of Security Council Stalemate (Mar. 27, 2003)

John Dean:

• Nation Building In Iraq: Future Plans And Problems For the Postwar Period (Apr. 11. 2003)
• Supreme Command: Who Should Be In Charge Of Operation Iraqi Freedom? (March 28, 2003)
• Pursuant To The Constitution, And Despite Claims To The Contrary, President Bush Needs Congressional Approval Before Declaring War On Iraq (Aug. 30, 2002)

Michael Dorf:

• A Multi-Stage Process for Post-War Iraq (Apr. 16, 2003)
• Guiding Principles for the Loyal Opposition: Anti-War But Not Anti-U.S. (Apr. 2, 2003)
• Is the War on Iraq Lawful? (Mar. 19, 2003)
• The Problem With The Administration's National Security Strategy And U.S. Unilateralism (Oct. 30, 2002)
• Why Congressional Power To Declare War Does Not Provide An Effective Check On The President (Mar. 6, 2002)
• Is Iraq In "Material Breach" Of Its Obligations Under The U.N. Resolution? (Jan. 8, 2002)

Anthony Dworkin:

• The Limits on How POWs Can Be Portrayed - And Why Both Iraq and Embedded Journalists May Be Testing Them (March 26, 2003)
• The Options For A Future War Crimes Prosecution Of The Iraqi Dictator (Oct. 31, 2002)
• The Response From Britain, And The Need For The U.S. To Take A More Multilateral Approach To Terrorism (Oct. 4, 2001)

Dean G. Falvy:

• What Would Grotius Do? The Founder of International Law Speaks Out on Iraq (Apr. 3, 2003)

George P. Fletcher:

• War Crimes Proceedings In Iraq? The Bush Administration's Dilemma (Apr. 4, 2003)
• Did The Security Council's Recent Iraq Resolution Violate The U.N. Charter By Authorizing Unilateral Force? (Nov. 13, 2002)
• If The President Orders An Attack Without Security Council Approval, Can Injured Iraqis Sue? (Sep. 25, 2002)
• How Would The Bush Administration's Claims Of Self-Defense, Used As Justifications For War Against Iraq, Fare Under Domestic Rules Of Self-Defense? (Sep. 10, 2002)

Steven Z. Freiberger:

• A Wish List for Post-War Iraq: Can the U.S. Get Back International Support By "Winning the Peace"? (Apr. 18, 2003)

Marci Hamilton:

• Finding the Right Government for Iraq: U.S. History Shows That It May Take Time, Patience, Rethinking, and Amendment (Apr. 28, 2003)

Julie Hilden:

• Can the Means by Which War Is Covered Be Changed to Be Less Biased? (Apr. 1, 2003)
• The United States and the War on Iraq: Not So Much an Outlaw State, As a State Responding to Outmoded Law (Mar. 24, 2003)

D. Mark Jackson:

• Does United States Policy Undermine the Goal of War Crimes Trials for Iraqi Leaders? (Apr. 19, 2003)

Sanford Levinson:

• Secession and the Future of Iraq: Should the Kurds, and Others, Be Able to Withdraw to Create Their Own Nations? (Apr. 17, 2003)

Noah Leavitt:

• From Michigan to Mosul: Can U.S. Constitutional Affirmative Action Principles Inform the Way Group Identity Is Addressed In Iraq? (Apr. 23, 2003)

Joanne Mariner:

• Ticking Time Bombs in Iraq: Cluster Bombs and Their Continuing Dangers (Apr. 29, 2003)
• Liberation and Looting in Iraq (Apr. 14, 2003)
• War Means (Almost) Never Having to Say You're Sorry: Civilian Deaths and Official Apologies (Mar. 24, 2003)

Anita Ramasastry:

• Toppling Saddam, Not His Statues: Why it is Important to Stop the Looting of Medical Supplies, the Theft of Cultural Artifacts, and Other Economic War Crimes (Apr. 22, 2003)
• What Happens When GI Jane Is Captured? Women Prisoners of War and the Geneva Conventions (Apr. 2, 2003)
• Operation Liberty Shield: A New Series of Interviews of Iraqi-Born Individuals in the U.S. Is The Latest Example of Dragnet Justice (Mar. 25, 2003)

Kal Raustiala:

• Does the Constitution Follow the Flag?: Iraq, the War on Terror, and the Reach of the Law (Apr. 9, 2003)

Anthony Sebok:

• The German Debate Over The War on Iraq: Why Opposition Is So Deep and Widespread (Apr. 7, 2003)

Peter J. Spiro:

• Baghdad: Last Stop for Bush Administration's Preemption Doctrine (Apr. 14, 2003)

Ruti Teitel:

• Operation Iraqi Freedom: Just or Unjust War? Humanitarian Action, or Simply Geopolitics? (Apr. 9, 2003)

Alec Walen:

• Federalism For Postwar Iraq: How Federalism May Make Democracy Work (Apr. 10, 2003)

Victor Williams:

• It's Time to Toughen Up, Unify, and Rally the Home Front: Why We Should Be Willing to Accept the Costs of A Difficult War, Including Substantial Numbers of Casualties (Mar. 29, 2003)