Security and Law
Of the permanent law school faculty, the following professors have a particular interest in law and national security: Professors David Golove, Stephen Holmes, Rick Pildes, Sam Rascoff, and Stephen Schulhofer. Other professors whose work often trenches upon core law-and-security concerns include: Philip Alston, Jose Alvarez, Tom Gerety, Ryan Goodman, Burt Neuborne, and Jeremy Waldron. The challenge of responding to the threat of international terrorism within the bounds of constitutionalism and due process is an important theme in the writing and teaching of all these professors.
There are an increasing number of courses and seminars in the Law School that address the topic of law and national security directly or indirectly. The string of high-profile Supreme Court Cases dealing with the detention of post-9/11 detainees means that mainstream Constitutional Law courses cannot easily avoid the topic. Courses that focus on civil liberties, habeas corpus, search-and-seizure (especially domestic wiretapping), Congress’s war powers, foreign relations law, and the law of war all deal with important aspects of national-security law.
More specifically, there are various courses and seminars devoted to law and national security. They include:
Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and the Law (Samuel J. Rascoff)
Counter-Terrorism and the National Security Constitution (Samuel J. Rascoff)
Intelligence Gathering and Law Enforcement Post 9/11 (Stephen J Schulhofer)
War, Crime and Terror: Legal and Moral Dimensions of the Counter-Terrorism Efforts of the US and other Countries (Tom Gerety)
Law and Security Seminar (David Golove)
War, the President & the Constitution (David Golove)
Foreign Relations Law (David Golove)
Presidential Powers, War, and Foreign Affairs (Richard H Pildes)
Just and Unjust Wars Seminar (Stephen Holmes)
Law and Security Seminar (Stephen Holmes)
Law, Violence and the Antisocial Passions (Stephen Holmes)
Legal Restraints on the War on Terrorism (Eyal Benvenisti)
Other courses that address general issues of relevance to the law and security field include:
International Human Rights (Philip G Alston)
International Human Rights (Ryan Goodman)
International Human Rights Clinic (Margaret L. Satterthwaite)
The Separation of Powers (Burt Neuborne)
Rule of Law (Jeremy Waldron)
Human Dignity (Jeremy Waldron)
First Amendment Rights of Expression and Association (Geoffrey Stone)
Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflicts (Eyal Benvenisti)
Constitutional Law of the United Nations (Simon Chesterman)
Colloquia
NYU Law is famous for its colloquia and two of these are devoted, at least indirectly, to discussion of issues in and around law and security.
Colloquium in Legal, Political and Social Philosophy (colloquium and seminar)
Colloquium on Constitutional Theory (colloquium)
Center on Law & Security
The Center on Law and Security (Karen J. Greenberg, Executive Director), besides organizing frequent public events in the field also conducts a variety of intense research projects to which qualified 2Ls and 3Ls are important contributors. For the Center's activities, consult http://www.lawandsecurity.org