Sean Watts

Creighton University School of Law

Professor of Law

2500 California Plaza

Omaha, NE 68178

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1.

Combatant Status and Computer Network Attack

Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 392, 2010
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 25 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2015
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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International Humanitarian Law, Law of War, computer network attack, combatant status

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Low-Intensity Cyber Operations and the Principle of Non-Intervention

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2015
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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International Law, Cyber, Non-Intervention

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Beyond State-Centrism: International Law and Non-State Actors in Cyberspace

21 Journal of Conflict and Security Law 1-17 (2016)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2016
Michael N. Schmitt and Sean Watts
Naval War College - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law and Creighton University School of Law
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cyber, non-state, sovereignty, state responsibility, jus ad bellum, self-defense, self-defence

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The Decline of International Humanitarian Law Opinio Juris and the Law of Cyber Warfare

Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 50, 2015
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2015
Michael N. Schmitt and Sean Watts
Naval War College - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law and Creighton University School of Law
Downloads 470 (61,278)
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humanitarian law; cyber; opinio juris, law of war,customary law

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Understanding the Distinct Function of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals: A Response to Blocher

Yale Law Journal Pocket Part, Vol. 116, p. 327, 2007
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 May 2007
Geoffrey S. Corn, Eric Talbot Jensen and Sean Watts
South Texas College of Law, Brigham Young University School of Law and Creighton University School of Law
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international law, national security, the law of war, detainees, global war on terror, prisoners of war

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State Opinio Juris and International Humanitarian Law Pluralism

91 International Law Studies 171 (2015) , Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 50, No. 2015
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 May 2015
Michael N. Schmitt and Sean Watts
Naval War College - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law and Creighton University School of Law
Downloads 256 (122,517)
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International Humanitarian Law, Law of War, Law of Armed Conflict, Opinio Juris, Public International Law, National Security Law

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Low-Intensity Computer Network Attack and Self-Defense

International Law Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2015
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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Law-of-War Perfidy

219 Mil L. Rev. 106 (2014)
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 19 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2015
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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Law of War, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Geneva Conventions, Perfidy, National Security Law, Public International Law, Treachery, Chivalry

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Under Siege: International Humanitarian Law and Security Council Practice Concerning Urban Siege Operations

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2014
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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Siege, Law of War, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, jus in bello

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Reciprocity and the Law of War

Harvard International Law Journal, Vol. 50, No. 2, Summer 2009
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 07 May 2009 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2015
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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Law of War, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Reciprocity

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Status of Government Forces in Non-International Armed Conflict

International Law Studies, Vol. 88, 2012
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Dec 2011
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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Law of War, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Non-International Armed Conflict, Combatant Status, National Security Law, International Law, War Crimes, International Criminal Law, Military Law, Status in Armed Conflict

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Baseline Territorial Sovereignty and Cyberspace

Lewis & Clark Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 21 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2018
Sean Watts and Theodore T. Richard
Creighton University School of Law and United States Air Force
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Cyberspace, Cyber, Sovereignty, Public International Law, State Responsibility, Computer, Violation of Sovereignty, Network

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'Unlawful Enemy Combatant:' Status, Theory of Culpability, or Neither?

Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 19-25, 2007
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 06 May 2009
Mark David Max Maxwell and Sean Watts
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Creighton University School of Law
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Law of War, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, International Criminal Law, Unlawful Enemy Combatant, Unlawful Combatant, Unprivileged Belligerent

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A Cyber Duty of Due Diligence: Gentle Civilizer or Crude Destabilizer?

95 Texas Law Review 1555 (2017), BYU Law Research Paper No. 17-16
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Eric Talbot Jensen and Sean Watts
Brigham Young University School of Law and Creighton University School of Law
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cyber, warfare, armed conflict, countermeasures, due diligence, state responsibility

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Cyber Norm Development and the United States Law of War Manual

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, International Cyber Norms Development (Anna-Maria Osula ed., Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 31 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2015
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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law of war, cyber warfare, cyber operations, cyber space, cyber law, international law, law of armed conflict, international humanitarian law

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Domestic Investigation of Suspected Law of Armed Conflict Violations: United States Procedures - Policies and Practices

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Dec 2011
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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Law of War, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Investigations, National Security Law, International Law, jus in bello, war crimes, military law, International Criminal Law, military justice

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Rethinking the Security Architecture of North East Asia

Victoria University Wellington Law Review, Vol. 41, p. 273, 2010
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 27 Sep 2010
Michael J. Kelly and Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law and Creighton University School of Law
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Collective Security, North East Asia, National Security, International Relations, Security Alliance

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Who Is a Prisoner of War

Chapter 44 of The Geneva Conventions of 1949: A Commmentary (Clapham et al., eds, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2016
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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Law of War, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Geneva Conventions, Prisoner of War, Public International Law

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Hostile Protected Persons or 'Extra-Conventional Persons': How Unlawful Combatants in the War on Terrorism Posed Extraordinary Challenges for Military Attorneys and Commanders

Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 28, No. 681, 2005
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 May 2009
Paul Kantwill and Sean Watts
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Creighton University School of Law
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law of war, international humanitarian law, law of armed conflict, Geneva Conventions, protected persons, prisoner of war, JAG, Military Lawyer, judge advocate general

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Autonomous Weapons: Regulation Tolerant or Regulation Resistant?

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 11 Nov 2015
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
Downloads 87 (296,165)
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law of war, international humanitarian law, weapons, autonomous weapons, law of armed conflict, weapons bans

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The Notion of Combatancy in Cyber Warfare

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Aug 2014
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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Law of War, Cyber, International Humanitarian Law, Combatant, Combatant Immunity, Law of Armed Conflict, International Law, National Security Law

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The Duty of Due Diligence and Cyber Incitements to Violence

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 06 Jan 2017
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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Cyber, Cyberspace, Countermeasures, State Responsibility, Public International Law, Due Diligence, Incitement to Violence, Incitement to Genocide

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Regulation-Tolerant Weapons, Regulation-Resistant Weapons and the Law of War

91 Int'l L. Stud. 540 (2015)
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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law of war, weapons, international humanitarian law, public international law, law of armed conflict, emerging technology

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Law of War Precautions: A Cautionary Note

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 18 Jul 2018
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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Law of War, Law of Armed Conflict, International Humanitarian Law, Precautions, Targeting, Public International Law

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Humanitarian Logic and the Law of Siege: A Study of the Oxford Guidance on Relief Actions

94 International Law Studies, 2019
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Feb 2019
Sean Watts
Creighton University School of Law
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International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of War, Siege, Humanitarian Relief Actions

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Unlawful Enemy Combatant : Status, Theory of Culpability, or Neither?

Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 19-25, 2007
Posted: 18 Jun 2008
Mark David Max Maxwell and Sean Watts
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Creighton University School of Law

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