Michael A. Newton

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Professor of the Practice of Law

131 21st Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37203-1181

United States

http://law.vanderbilt.edu/newton

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Scholarly Papers (28)

1.

Terrorism and Crimes Against Humanity

FORGING A CONVENTION FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, Chapter 11, pp. 262-278, Leila Nadya Sadat, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2011, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 11-49
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Dec 2011
Michael A. Newton and Michael P. Scharf
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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terrorist, combatant, war, humanitarian law, crimes against humanity, ICC, organizational policy, Protocol I Additional, Geneva Convention, exceptionalism, treaty interpretation, reservations

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An Assessment of the Legality of Arms Sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Context of the Conflict in Yemen

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-26
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 May 2017
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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assessment, legality, arms sales, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

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Exceptional Engagement: Protocol I and a World United Against Terrorism

Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 45, 2009, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 09-30
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 21 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2009
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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terrorist, combatant, war, humanitarian law, Protocol I Additional, Geneva Convention, exceptionalism, treaty interpretation, reservations

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How the International Criminal Court Threatens Treaty Norms

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 49, (2016, Forthcoming), Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 15-25
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 30 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 03 May 2016
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Jurisdiction, Treaty Conflicts, Conflict of Laws, Complementarity, Justice, Status of Forces Agreements, Accountability, War Crimes, Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, Extradition, Accession, Roman Law

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International Criminal Law Aspects of the War Against Terrorism

U.S. Naval War College International Law Studies, Vol. 79, p. 323, 2003, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 06-13
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 May 2006
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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terrorism, terrorist prosecutions, tribunals, trials

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Why Criminal Culpability Should Follow the Critical Path: Reframing the Theory of 'Effective Control'

Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 40, No. XL, pp. 3-73, 2010, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-17
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 21 Apr 2010
Michael A. Newton and Casey Kuhlman
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Public International Law & Policy Group - Virginia Office
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effective control, jurisdiction, commander, command responsibility, authority, terrorist, non-state actor, International Criminal Court, prosecution, ICTY, atrocity, war crimes

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Charging War Crimes: Policy & Prognosis from a Military Perspective

The Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court: A Critical Account of Challenges and Achievements, Chapter 29, Carsten Stahn, ed,. Oxford University Press, 2014, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 14-6
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Feb 2014
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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complementarity, command responsibility, war crimes, Rome Statute, International Criminal Court, lex specialis, jus in bello, proportionality, Geneva Conventions, co-perpetratorship, Status of Forces agreements

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Illustrating Illegitimate Lawfare

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Vol. 43, 2011, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-41
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2011
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Lawfare, Protocol I Additional, Geneva conventions, landmine, Goldtone, proportionality, humanitarian law, war crimes, media, negotiation

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Modern Military Necessity: The Role and Relevance of Military Lawyers

Roger Williams University Law Review, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 07-16
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Sep 2007
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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military, war crimes, humanitarian law, treaty, negotiation, media, ethics, legal history, Geneva Convention Protocol I

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Terrorist Crimes and the Aut Dedere Aut Judicare Obligation

Counter-Terrorism Strategies in a Fragmented International Legal Order: Meeting the Challenges, p. 68, Larissa van den Herik & Nico Schrijver, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2013, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 13-32
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Aug 2013
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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extradition, terrorism, prosecute, jus cogens, mutual legal assistance, treaty

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The Quest for Constructive Complementarity

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND COMPLEMENTARITY: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE Carsten Stahn & Mohamed El Zeidy, eds, Cambridge University Press, 2010, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-16
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2022
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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jurisdiction, sovereignty, International Criminal Court, complementarity, domestic authority, impunity

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Evolving Equality: The Development of the International Defense Bar

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-42 , Stanford Journal of International Law, Vol. 47, p. 379, 2011
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 03 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2011
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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tribunal defense, equality of arms, ethics, professional code of conduct

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Disappearing Human Rights Defenders: Russia's Human Rights Violations and International Crimes in Ukraine

ABA Center for Human Rights Paper to the 2022 OSCE Human Dimensions Conference, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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crimes against humanity, abduction, kidnapping, human rights, occupation law, Fourth Geneva Convention, civilians, Ukraine

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Reconsidering Reprisals

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, Vol. 20, No. 361, 2010, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-27
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Jun 2010
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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reprisals, jus in bello, law of war, jurisdiction, commander, command responsibility, authority, terrorist, non-state actor, International Criminal Court, prosecution, ICTY, atrocity, war crimes, Protocol I, Geneva Conventions

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The Iraqi Special Tribunal: A Human Rights Perspective

Cornell International Law Journal, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 05-35
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Nov 2005
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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complementarity, jurisdiction, tribunal, genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, rule of law, judiciary, human rights, United Nations, jurisprudence, civil law

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The Iraqi High Criminal Court: Controversy and Contributions

International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 88, p. 862, 2006, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 07-04
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Jan 2007
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Iraq, tribunal, occupation law, crimes against humanity, justice, human rights, accountability, Saddam, Baathist, regime, Nuremberg, immunity, sovereign

17.

A Synthesis of Community Based Justice and Complementarity

CONTESTED JUSTICE: THE POLITICS AND PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT INTERVENTIONS, Carsten Stahn, et. al., eds.,Cambridge University Press, 2016 , Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 12-22
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2015
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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complementarity, interests of justice, truth-telling, accountability, reconciliation, amnesty, Rome Statute, International Criminal Court, Afghanistan, Uganda, reintegration, LRA

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Community Based Accountability in Afghanistan: Recommendations to Balance the Interests of Justice

JUS POST BELLUM AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, Chapter 3, Larry May and Elizabeth Edenberg, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2013, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 12-39
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Nov 2012
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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justice, jus post bellum, complementarity, terrorism, truth commissions, transitional justice, child soldiers, human rights, ICC, forgiveness, reparations, restitution, retribution

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Some Observations on the Future of U.S. Military Commissions

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Vol. 42, p. 151, 2009, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 09-31
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Dec 2009
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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military commissions, combatants, terrorist, war crimes, jurisdiction, Common Article 3, material support

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Keynote Address to the Memorial Commemorating the Genocide of Halabja, Iraqi Cultural Center, Washington DC

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-13
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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genocide, Halabja, terrorist, combatant, war, humanitarian law, crimes against humanity, ICC, organizational policy, Protocol I Additional, Geneva Convention, exceptionalism, treaty interpretation, chemical weapons, Anfal

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Halabja and the Face of Justice

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 13-13
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Mar 2013
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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genocide, Anfal, Halabja, Kurdish, dolus specialis

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The Death Penalty and the Iraqi Transition: Observations on a Lost Opportunity

THE POLITICS OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION, Nadia Bernaz and Madoka Futamura, eds., Routledge Press, 2013, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 12-45
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2013
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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death sentences, lex mitior, justice, jus post bellum, complementarity, terrorism, truth commissions, transitional justice, child soldiers, human rights, ICC, forgiveness, reparations, restitution, retribution, jurisdiction, tribunal, genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, rule of law

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Observations of Professor Michael A. Newton on the Merits of the Legal Questions Presented by the Appeals Chamber in the Case of the Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda

Amicus Brief to the International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber, Prosecutor v. Ntaganda, No. ICC-01/04-02/06 A2, 2020, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 21-02
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 09 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2021
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Cultural Property, Complementarity, Command Responsibility, War Crimes, Rome Statute, International Criminal Court, Lex Specialis, Jus in Bello, Proportionality, Geneva Conventions, Co-Perpetratorship, War Crimes

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Absolutist Admissibility at the ICC: Revalidating Authentic Domestic Investigations

Israel Law Review 54(2) 2021, pp 143–173, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 22-18
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2022
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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ICC, jurisdiction, international organizations, sovereignty, admissibility, proprio motu, prosecutorial discretion, complementarity, preliminary examinations, domestic investigative discretion

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Inadvertent Implications of the War Powers Resolution

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2012, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 13-9
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2013
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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War Powers, checks and balances, executive oversight, budgeting, appropriations, constitutional law

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Evolving U.S. Efforts to Support Domestic Accountability

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-46, American Society of International Law Discussion Paper
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 01 Dec 2010
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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jurisdiction, sovereignty, International Criminal Court, complementarity, domestic authority, impunity

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Of Courage & Conviction: A Military View of the Federal Bench

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 13-33
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Aug 2013
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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courage, conviction, military, federal

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Jus Post Bellum and Proportionality

Michael A. Newton, Jus Post Bellum and Proportionality In: Just Peace After Conflict. Edited by: Carsten Stahn and Jens Iverson, Oxford University Press (2020)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 25 Mar 2022
Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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jus in bellow, jus ad bellum, proportionality, transformative occupation, military objective