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The Mercenary Gap: How to Protect the Constitutional Rights of American Contractors in the Age of the Private Military Firm
The Mercenary Gap: How to Protect the Constitutional Rights of American Contractors in the Age of the Private Military Firm, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1121 (2013) John Sviokla Recommended Citation… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Attorneys General v. “War Profiteers”: Applying the False Claims Act to Security Contractors in Iraq
Private Attorneys General v. “War Profiteers”: Applying the False Claims Act to Security Contractors in Iraq Bryan Terry Abstract In order to provide context for the Custer Battles court’s opinion, Part… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation
Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation Yvonne M. Dutton Publication Citation Yvonne M. Dutton, Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation, 24 Duke Journal of Comparative… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Salvage Awards on the Somali Coas t- Who Pays for Public and Private Rescue Efforts in Piracy Crises
Salvage Awards on the Somali Coast: Who Pays for Public and Private Rescue Efforts in Piracy Crises? Geoffrey Christopher Rapp Abstract This paper, a contribution to the “Troubled Waters: Combating Modern… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas- A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of False Claims Act
Rachel M. Kelly Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act Abstract This Note considers the advisability of amending the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Just War and Non-Combatants in the Private Military Industry
Just War and Non-Combatants in the Private Military Industry Paul Richard Daniels Journal of Military Ethics (forthcoming) You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Private Forces, Public Harm: private security companies and international law
Private Forces, Public Harm: private security companies and international law by Taryn Priadko The widespread participation of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in contemporary conflicts has led to concerns about… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Does the privatisation of military force signal a terminal weakening of the state’s monopoly on violence?
Dissertation: Does the privatisation of military force signal a terminal weakening of the state’s monopoly on violence? by Zhulduz Baizakova Structure 1. Abbreviations 2. Introduction 3. Definition of the term “mercenary”… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Markets, Privatization , and Corruption
Markets, Privatization , and Corruption Social Research By Debra Satz 1 December 2013 in recent decades, market provision has replaced or partially substituted for government provision in many arenas. During the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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PRIVATIZATION OF PEACEKEEPING UN’S Institutional Capacity to Control Private Military and Security Companies
PRIVATIZATION OF PEACEKEEPING UN’S Institutional Capacity to Control Private Military and Security Companies NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA THESIS Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited by Huseyin Yigit September 2013… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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