“A Combatant or not a Combatant that is the Question” Emory International Law Review Volume 39, Issue 1

Soldier Systems Digest subscribers saw this in Volume 5, Issue 1 sent out this past Monday.

Emory International Law Review’s “A Combatant or not a Combatant that is the Question: Arguing the Case of Combatant Status for Non-Military Government Personnel Case of Combatant Status for Non-Military Government Personnel and Private Military Contractors Engaged on the Modern and Private Military Contractors Engaged on the Modern Battlefield” by Ilan Fuchs and Shane Owens examines the legal status of private military contractors on the modern battlefield.

You will be treated to an excellent history of the subject, including national agency personnel as well as PMC contractors.

Available here, along with a few other interesting articles: