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Ashley Deeks

Will Autonomy in U.S. Military Operations Centralize Legal Decision-Making?

Ashley S. Deeks
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2020-8-5
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Ashley S. Deeks, Will Autonomy in U.S. Military Operations Centralize Legal Decision-Making?, Articles of War (August 5, 2020).
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Ashley S. Deeks
Center for International & Comparative Law
Constitutional Law and Legal History
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