IN THE MAIL: A reprint of a law review article by my former student Nathan Canestaro, in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, entitled: “‘Small Wars’ and the Law: Options for Prosecuting the Insurgents in Iraq.” It doesn’t seem to be online, but here’s the abstract:

This Article contrasts the various bodies of law and venues under which Iraqi insurgents could be prosecuted. The ambiguous nature of an insurgency as a legal concept complicates efforts to apply traditional judicial methods. Insurgencies straddle several different bodies of law: As a limited conflict between a non-state actor and an occupying power, they are something less than a war but something more than criminal conduct. As a result, none o fthe options for prosecution is well suited to the task, and each has significant political or practical shortcomings.

It certainly looks interesting.