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Goldsmith will discuss international law and related policy issues implicated by public and private cross-border information attacks and warfare. The talk will (among other things) summarize the relevant legal analysis from the National Research Council's Report, Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities, which will be released on April 29.
Jack Goldsmith specializes in international law, foreign affairs law, conflicts of law, and national security law. He is the author of dozens of articles on these and other subjects. His most recent publications are The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration (Norton, 2007), Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World(Oxford University Press, 2006) (co-authored with Tim Wu) and (with Eric Posner) The Limits of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2005). Before coming to Harvard, he served as Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel from October 2003 through July 2004, and Special Counsel to the General Counsel to the Department of Defense from September 2002 through June 2003. Professor Goldsmith taught at the University of Chicago Law School from 1997 to 2002, and at the University of Virginia Law School from 1994 to 1997.
This talk is part of the series "Cyber International Relations," sponsored by the MIT's Center for International Studies and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. The series will develop a multi-dimensional view of international conflict and cooperation within and regarding cyber space.
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