Assignment Description:
This essay assignment requires that students develop an argument in response to one of the two essay questions below in 6-7 pages (max. 8pp.). Students must demonstrate familiarity with the arguments of the course textbook on these subjects, as well as at least 3 of the required sources on their chosen topic listed below.
Stylistic Requirements:
The paper should be double-spaced, with one-inch margins, and a standard-size Times New Roman 12cpi font should be used. Pages should be numbered.
Provide a cover sheet stating your name, the instructor’s name, the course number, a word count, and paper title. Indicate which of the assigned questions your paper addresses.
Citations must be formatted in accordance with the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (McGill style). Citations must be formatted in accordance with the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (McGill style).
Essay Question #1:
Explain the main arguments for and against interpreting anticipatory self-defence as legal under international law. Which position (that anticipatory self-defence is legal or illegal) is most convincing? Why?
Use a minimum of 3 of the following required sources:
W.M. Reisman, “Editorial Comment: Assessing Claims to Revise the Laws of War,” (2003) 96 AJIL 82.
Michael N. Schmitt, “The Law of Cyber Warfare: Quo Vadis?” (2014) 25 Stanford Law & Policy Review 269.
Terry D. Gill and Paul A. L. Ducheine, “Anticipatory Self-Defense in the Cyber Context,” 89 (2013) Int’l L. Stud. 438.
Antonio Cassese, “Terrorism Is Also Disrupting Some Crucial Legal Categories of International Law,” 12 European Journal of International Law 993 (2001).
M.J. Glennon, “The Fog of Law: Self Defense, Inherence and Incoherence in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter,” 25 Harvard J. L. and Pub. Policy 539 (2002).
Oscar Schachter, Self-defense and the Rule of Law, 83 AJIL 29 (1989).