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Matthew C. Waxman

Columbia Law School

Professor of Law

435 West 116th Street

New York, NY 10025

United States

http://www.law.columbia.edu/fac/Matthew_Waxman

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1.

Cyber-Attacks and the Use of Force: Back to the Future of Article 2(4)

Yale Journal of International Law, Vol. 36, 2011
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2014
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 1,976 (2,375)
Citation 1

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Cyber-Attacks, Force, United Nations, Self-Defense

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Law and Ethics for Robot Soldiers

Policy Review, 2012, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 12-313, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2012-32
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
Kenneth Anderson and Matthew C. Waxman
American University - Washington College of Law and Columbia Law School
Downloads 1,446 (5,432)

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robots, robotics, autonomous lethal weapons, automation, autonomy, unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs), laws of war, proportionality, distinction, discrimination, weapons, treaties, arms control, OODA

3.

Self-Defensive Force Against Cyber Attacks: Legal, Strategic and Political Dimensions

International Law Studies, Vol. 89, 2013
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Mar 2013
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 980 (9,680)

Abstract:

cyber-attacks, self-defense, armed attack, force

4.

Law and Ethics for Autonomous Weapon Systems: Why a Ban Won't Work and How the Laws of War Can

Stanford University, The Hoover Institution (Jean Perkins Task Force on National Security and Law Essay Series), 2013, American University, WCL Research Paper 2013-11, Columbia Public Law Research Paper 13-351
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2014
Kenneth Anderson and Matthew C. Waxman
American University - Washington College of Law and Columbia Law School
Downloads 930 (7,766)

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Law of war, laws of armed conflict, international humanitarian law, IHL, Human Rights Watch, HRW, robot, autonomous weapon system, autonomous lethal weapon, automation, autonomy, machine learning, artificial intelligence, weapons review, Article 36, indiscriminate, proportionality, distinction

5.

Police and National Security: American Local Law Enforcement and Counter-Terrorism after 9/11

Journal of National Security Law & Policy, Vol. 3, p. 377, 2009, Columbia University Public Law Research Paper No. 08-191
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2010
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 751 (9,380)

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6.

National Security Federalism in the Age of Terror

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 64, 2012, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 11-271
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 04 May 2011 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2012
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 669 (22,859)

Abstract:

terrorism, intelligence, law enforcement, national security, police, federalism, localism

7.

Administrative Detention of Terrorists: Why Detain, and Detain Whom?

Journal of National Security Law & Policy, Vol. 3, 2009, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 08-190
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2009
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 508 (32,051)
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Adapting the Law of Armed Conflict to Autonomous Weapon Systems

90 International Law Studies 386-411 (September 2014) (Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, US Naval War College), Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-416, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2014-50
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2014
Kenneth Anderson, Daniel Reisner and Matthew C. Waxman
American University - Washington College of Law, Independent and Columbia Law School
Downloads 454 (26,661)

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Autonomous weapon systems, AWS, robotics, automation, weapons, law of armed conflict, Killer Robots, Human Rights Watch, CCW, Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, Article 36, legal weapons review, lethal autonomous weapon systems

9.

The Power to Threaten War

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 123, 2014
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 27 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 05 May 2014
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 432 (47,303)

Abstract:

war powers, threats, deterrence, declare war

10.

The Use of Force Against States that 'Might' Have Weapons of Mass Destruction

Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2009, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 09-216
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 24 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2009
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 427 (48,164)

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Secret Evidence and the Due Process of Terrorist Detentions

Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 48, No. 003, 2009, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 09-218
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 24 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 06 May 2010
Daphne Barak-Erez and Matthew C. Waxman
Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law and Columbia Law School
Downloads 423 (40,977)

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12.

The Structure of Terrorism Threats and the Laws of War

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, Vol. 20, 2010, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 10-240
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 May 2010 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2010
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 369 (52,002)

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13.

United States Detention Operations in Afghanistan and the Law of Armed Conflict

Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, Vol. 39, 2009, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 09-202
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 May 2009
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 335 (69,936)

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14.

Detention as Targeting: Standards of Certainty and Detention of Suspected Terrorists

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 108, p. 1365, 2008, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 08-188
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 19 Nov 2008
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 312 (71,650)
Citation 8

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Guantánamo, Habeas Corpus, and Standards of Proof: Viewing the Law Through Multiple Lenses

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Vol. 42, p. 245, 2009, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 09-217
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2010
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 298 (78,569)

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16.

Self-Defense and the Limits of WMD Intelligence

FUTURE CHALLENGES IN NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW, Peter Berkowitz, ed., Hoover Institution Press, 2010, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 10-241
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 May 2010
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 124 (179,282)

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Debating Autonomous Weapon Systems, Their Ethics, and Their Regulation Under International Law

Roger Brownsword, Eloise Scotford, Karen Yeung, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Law, Regulation, and Technology (Oxford University Press, July 2017), Chapter 45, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-553
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2017
Kenneth Anderson and Matthew C. Waxman
American University - Washington College of Law and Columbia Law School
Downloads 0 (78,569)

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autonomous weapon systems, AWS, robotic weapons, Killer Robot, law of armed conflict, international humanitarian law, IHL, targeting, meaningful human control, technology, regulation, emerging technologies, robotics, artificial intelligence, AI

18.

Cyber Strategy & Policy: International Law Dimensions

Written Testimony Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, March 2, 2017
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 03 Mar 2017
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
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Abstract:

Cyber-attacks, Cyber-warfare, Armed Attack, Force, Deterrence, Sovereignty, International Law

19.

The Power to Wage War Successfully

Columbia Law Review, Volume 117, Issue 1, 2017, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-529
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 12 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2017
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Downloads 0 (116,272)

Abstract:

Hughes, war, war powers, constitutional law

20.

Regulating Resort to Force: Form and Substance of the UN Charter Regime

European Journal of International Law, Vol. 24, 2013
Posted: 12 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2013
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School

Abstract:

self-defense, force, UN Charter

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