David Luban

David Luban is a University Professor in Law and Philosophy at Georgetown and Distinguished Chair in Ethics at the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, United States Naval Academy. He is currently writing a study of the moral and legal philosophy of Hannah Arendt. (August 2020)

America the Unaccountable

The Trump administration has declared war on the International Criminal Court—the world’s only permanent court whose mandate is to pursue cases of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

August 20, 2020 issue

Josef K. in Washington

‘Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable’ by Erwin Chemerinsky

Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable

by Erwin Chemerinsky

March 22, 2018 issue

Ban Hate Speech?

October 27, 2016 issue

Say What You Will?

Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World

by Timothy Garton Ash

September 29, 2016 issue

Letter

Floyd Abrams

Ban Hate Speech?

October 27, 2016 issue

Has Obama Upheld the Law?

Charlie Savage’s ‘Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency’

Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency

by Charlie Savage

April 21, 2016 issue

Syrian Torture, US Dilemma

Neither President Barack Obama nor the US press has devoted much attention to what could be the best-documented crimes against humanity in two decades.

February 3, 2014

The Defense of Torture

War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror

by John Yoo

March 15, 2007 issue

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