The Obligation to Accept Surrender

What are the acceptable indicia, or indicators, that an enemy is attempting to surrender? What are the obligations of an officer in command upon receiving such indicia from an enemy? And what are his obligations if the signs of surrender are ambiguous or mixed? It is the purpose of this essay to explore these questions

Comments of Professor Joan E. Donoghue’s Article, the Public Face of Private International Law: Prospects for a Convention on Foreign State Immunity

Joan E. Donoghue\u27s theories regarding the prospects for a convention on foreign state immunity within the Hague Conference are examined. The prospects for supporting efforts to negotiate an international convention on state immunity are small

The New Law of the Sea and The Law of Armed Conflict at Sea

The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea establishes a regime for the oceans that includes a number of zones in addition to the traditional divisions of internal waters, territorial sea, and high seas. Although explicitly applicable only in peacetime, these new zones have a spillover effect on the law of naval warfare, particularly in the relationships between belligerents and neutral States.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/usnwc-newport-papers/1001/thumbnail.jp