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Recognition in International Law (Lauterpacht 1947)

Lauterpacht, Hersch "Recognition in International Law," Cambridge University Press 2013. Explains the difference between a "lawful", and "unlawful" combatant; pursuant to terms used during the War of Terror, (also known as, "belligerency recognition.") The Patriot Act disrupts all potential organized challenges to U.S. rule, prior to achievement of formal recognition; making them "unlawful." The Global War of Terror renewed the doctrines of slavery, by declaring the recognized rights of any person opposing the U.S. null and void, and property of the U.S. as Prisoners of War / Slaves without re…