Research

Current Research of John Norton Moore

Freedom & Authority (book project, unpublished).

Solving the War Puzzle, 2nd Edition (book project, unpublished). Anticipated completion date 2009.

Legal Issues in the Struggle Against Terror (book, forthcoming 2009). Co-edited by John Norton Moore and Robert F. Turner. Draft table of contents. CNSL will host a book publication event for the public featuring many of the contributors in Washington, DC, when the book is published in the fall of 2009 or early in 2010. Details to be announced.

Current Research of Robert F. Turner

National Security and the Constitution -- The role of the President, Congress, and the Senate concerning the use of military force, diplomacy and treaty making, intelligence, and other national security issues. (Primary ongoing project.) (Update of SJD dissertation, National Security and the Constitution, to be published as a trilogy by Carolina Academic Press.)

International Terrorism -- Focusing on such legal issues as the right of victims of terrorism to use force in self-defense, whether such force may be used directly against foreign leaders who order or facilitate acts of terrorism, and other issues raised by the recent attacks in New York and Washington. Also looking at civil liberties and human rights issues associated with detention and possible trials of suspected terrorists.

Vietnam War -- Working to educate people about the realities of the war in Vietnam to prevent drawing the wrong lessons and continuing to hamstring U.S. policy options.

Operation Iraqi Freedom -- Legal and moral implications of the U.S. decision to intervene with armed force in Iraq.