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...short of its intent. In addition to the pedagogical value of activities, the faculty expresses hope that course-related activities will encourage teamwork and foster student-faculty interaction. But current student organizations are already built on teamwork. And, while student-faculty contact could certainly be improved, this unwieldy framework is not the best means of doing so. If an activity requirement is mandatory, it will leave professors too overwhelmed to have meaningful interactions with students. If the project is optional, then the College can better facilitate student-faculty contact through a more focused initiative.A narrower initiative to improve student-faculty...
Though the international legal framework that ostensibly governs warfare is comparatively new, that doesn’t mean it’s not outdated. Hudson Professor of Law David W. Kennedy argues as much in his new book “Of War and Law,” saying that in this modern age of terrorism, international law often obscures the ethical dilemmas that national leaders should consider in regulating wartime conduct...
Kennedy’s book is extremely nuanced, as it should be, given his subject. And the prose is immensely readable: clearly expressed, full of examples to highlight abstract points, and organized so well that it allows readers to easily understand the framework of Kennedy’s arguments...
While Kennedy makes a strong case about the shortcomings of the current international law framework, he does pass over the fact that law gives actions more legitimacy, rightly or wrongly, than any ethics-based justification ever could. Because the application of law is, in theory, consistent, a war sanctioned by an international legal body will often be the most acceptable and diplomatically legitimate...
...Journalism gives you a framework to do research, and my experience definitely helped me do research for this book,” she said...