CENTER FOR ETHICS AND THE RULE OF LAW

Publications

Books

The Oxford Series in Ethics, National Security, and the Rule of Law

The Oxford Series in Ethics, National Security, and the Rule of Law is an interdisciplinary book series designed to address abiding questions at the intersection of national security, moral and political philosophy, and practical ethics. It grew out of the work of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) at the University of Pennsylvania.

National Security, Journalism, and Law in an Age of Information Warfare

Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict

Preventing and Treating the Invisible Wounds of War

Ethical Dilemmas in the Global Defense Industry

Between Crime and War

The Preservation of Art and Culture in Times of War

Publication Date: Sept. 6, 2022

Defending Democracies

Lethal Autonomous Weapons

War and Peace in Outer Space

Interrogation and Torture

Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority

Weighing Lives in War

Cyber War

Targeted Killings

Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World
Edited by Claire Finkelstein, Jens David Ohlin, and Andrew Altman
Book review

Contributions to Other Volumes

Restoring the Rule of Law through Department of Justice Reform

Papers & Reports

Federal Troop Deployments to Quell Civil Unrest: From Tabletop Exercises to Reality

Evolving the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan to Support Precision Lethality and Effective U.S. Military Operations

Domestic Violent Extremism in the United States Military

Beyond Guantánamo: Restoring the Rule of Law to the Law of War

Report on the Department of Justice and the Rule of Law Under the Tenure of Attorney General William Barr

CERL Left of Launch paper by ChristopherJacobs

CERL Climate Security Policy paper – Meise

The FBI’s FISA Process Is Broken, But It Won’t Be Fixed

Published: April 30, 2020

The “Reforming” Begins: An Analysis of Whether the Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act of 2020 Improves FISA

Why Outer Space Matters for National and International Security

Congress Should Defund Hostilities in Yemen

The Ethics of Interrogation And The Rule of Law

Considerations for a New Authorization for the Use of Military Force

The Intersection of Opioid Overuse and Veteran Mental Health Challenges

Briefs & Other Filings

CERL faculty director and center affiliates file amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reject Trump’s claim of presidential immunity

CERL Working Group statement: 13 recommendations to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility

Statement of the CERL 2021 Working Group on Guantánamo Bay for U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Closing Guantánamo

Letter of Complaint to the United States Department of Justice

Request for Investigation of Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido

Letter of Complaint to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics

Letter of Complaint to the Office of the Special Counsel and the U.S. Office of Government Ethics

Letter of Complaint to the Office of Special Counsel and the Inspector General of the State Department

Trump V Vance Amicus Brief

Edgar V Coats Amicus Brief

Conference Reports

The Trump Administration, the Rule of Law, and the Future of Business

Minimizing civilian harm in armed conflict: High-level roundtable discussion report on the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP)

Democracy on the Front Lines: An After Action Report on Tabletop Exercises to Assess the Risk of Civil Unrest and Threats to the Rule of Law in the 2024 Presidential Election

The Ethical and Legal Significance of Super Soldiers

Conference Report – Charting the Path Ahead for FISA Section 702

Domestic Violent Extremism and the Threat to U.S. National Security

Left of Launch Conference Report

Circling the Arctic: Security and the Rule of Law in a Changing North

October 1-3, 2020 Conference Report

Protecting Democracy: Foreign Interference, Voter Confidence and Defensive Strategies in the 2020 Elections and Beyond

Autocrats’ Tech Assault and Democracy’s Response

The Weaponization of Outer Space: Ethical and Legal Boundaries

Annual Reports

CERL Annual Report 2023-2024

CERL Annual Report 2022-2023

CERL 2021-2022 Annual Report: Celebrating 10 Years

CERL Annual Report 2020-2021

CERL Annual Report 2019-2020

2018-19 CERL Annual Report

CERL Annual Report 2017-18

CERL Annual Report 2016-2017

CERL 2015-2016 Annual Report

CERL Annual Report 2014-2015

CERL Annual Report 2012-2014

THE RULE OF LAW POST

A blog covering ethics and rule of law issues in national security, warfare, and democratic governance. The opinions expressed in these posts are those of the writers and do not necessarily represent CERL’s official views. View all entries here.