korrents

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A military that disconnects its orders from the law and from legal advice has no limit on what it will do when commanded.

Drawn from what Scott Greenfield said

What these subjects mean

government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

war Armed conflict and preparing for it: military spending, alliances, and what changes when machines are in the loop.

What Scott Greenfield actually said

  1. Scott Greenfield New York criminal defence lawyer, in practice since 1982
    But once the military disconnects its orders from the law, the Constitution and the counsel of “lawyers in the cheap seats,” there is no limit to what it will do if commanded.

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