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Koret-Taube Task Force on National Security and Law
Significant gifts for the support of this task force are acknowledged from
- Koret Foundation
- Tad and Dianne Taube
Taube Family Foundation - James J. Carroll III
Jean Perkins Foundation
The National Security and Law Task Force examines the rule of law, the laws of war, and American constitutional law with a view to making proposals that strike an optimal balance between individual freedom and the vigorous defense of the nation against terrorists both abroad and at home. The task force’s focus is the rule of law and its role in Western civilization, as well as the roles of international law and organizations, the laws of war, and U.S. criminal law. Those goals will be accomplished by systematically studying the constellation of issues—social, economic, and political—on which striking a balance depends.
Peter Berkowitz serves as chair of the National Security and Law Task Force.
January 5, 2012
Hoover Institution hosts National Security and Law Task Force meeting
Image credit: Janet Chang
The Koret-Taube Task Force on National Security and Law met at the Hoover Institution on Thursday, January 5, 2012, to discuss the pressing challenges the United States confronts as it seeks, consistent with the Constitution and the international laws of war, to defend the nation and, where necessary, wage war.
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