Jack Goldsmith is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor at Harvard Law School, where he teaches and writes about national security law, presidential power, cybersecurity, international law, internet law, foreign relations law, and conflict of laws. Before coming to Harvard, Professor Goldsmith served as Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel from 2003-2004, and Special Counsel to the Department of Defense from 2002-2003.
2013| European Journal of International Law
How Cyber Changes the Laws of War
2011| Military Law Review
Reflections on Government Lawyering
2011| Hoover Institution
Cybersecurity Treaties: A Skeptical View
2010| Brookings Institution
The Cyberthreat, Government Network Operations, and the Fourth Amendment
2010| The Green Bag
Foreign Sovereign Immunity and Domestic Officer Suits
2009| The Green Bag
Foreign Sovereign Immunity, Individual Officials, and Human Rights Litigation
2009| Harvard Law Review
Law for States: International Law, Constitutional Law, Public Law
2008| Stanford Law Review
Terrorism and the convergence of the criminal and Military Detention Models
2007| Harvard Law Review
Sosa, Customary International Law, and the Continuing Relevance of Erie
2005
The War on Terrorism: International Law, Clear Statement Requirements, and Constitutional Design,
2005
Congressional Authorization and the War on Terrorism
2005
The Unexceptional U.S. Human Rights RUDs
2004
U.S. Civil Litigation and International Terrorism, in Civil Litigation and International Terrorism
May 16th, 2013 | Senate Armed Services Committee
Testimony on the Law of Armed Conflict, the Use of Military Force, and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force
May 1st, 2013 | The New Republic
How Obama Undermined the War on Terror
February 6th, 2013 | The New Republic
On Target: Obama’s Drone Memo is Exactly What He Said It’d Be
February 5th, 2013 | Washington Post
U.S. Needs New Rule Book for Secret Warfare
October 1st, 2012 | Political Theory
The Realist Case for Global Reform
July 3rd, 2012 | The New Republic
How Post-Decision Leaks Will Change the Supreme Court
June 23rd, 2012 | The New Republic
Temple of Silence: Why SCOTUS leaks less than the CIA
April 26th, 2012 | Washington Post
Obama’s Weak Spots on Counterterrorism are Open to Romney
March 21st, 2012 | Slate
How Obama Learned To Love Military Commissions
March 19th, 2012 | Foreign Policy
Fire When Ready
March 16th, 2012 | The New Republic
The Great Legal Paradox of Our Time: How Civil Libertarians Strengthened the National Security State
February 17th, 2012 | Washington Post
What Changed U.S. Attitudes About Counterterrorism Policies
November 25th, 2011 | Washington Post
The Pervasive Cyberthreat that Goes Unchallenged
September 30th, 2011 | New York Times
A Just Act of War
September 15th, 2011 | New York Times
How Dick Cheney Reined in Presidential Power
Lawfare » Jack Goldsmith
- May 24th, 2013
Reactions to the President’s Speech
May 22nd, 2013What Bill Keller Misses in Urging President Obama to Appoint a Special Counsel in the IRS Matter
May 20th, 2013DOJ Crosses New Line in Leak Investigation of Fox News Correspondent James Rosen
May 19th, 2013Thursday Obama Speech on Counterterrorism
May 17th, 2013Melissa Hathaway on Cybersecurity and the G20
May 17th, 2013Congress Must Figure Out What Our Government Is Doing In The Name of the AUMF
May 17th, 2013Center for Democracy and Technology Report on USG Proposals to Expand CALEA to Peer-to-Peer Communications
May 16th, 2013Quick Reactions to Extraordinary Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the AUMF
May 8th, 2013Susan Landau on Obama Administration’s New Wiretapping Proposal
May 8th, 2013Bradley & Goldsmith Supplement for Foreign Relations Law