{"id":5058,"date":"2019-04-01T13:29:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harvardnsj.journalshls.wpengine.com\/?page_id=5058"},"modified":"2025-12-07T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:45:37","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-7898\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-110-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-7898 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-bitono\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Homepage Slider\" data-height=\"500\" data-width=\"1200\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_7898\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_7898\">\n            <ul aria-live='off' class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-7899 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-08-27 10:08:35\" data-filename=\"DAO-Header-Pic-1200x500.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2026\/05\/DAO-Header-Pic.png?resize=1200%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"500\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-7898 slide-7899 msDefaultImage\" title=\"DAO Header Pic\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2026\/05\/VolovelskyAgon-17-Harv.-Natl-Sec.-J.-2-2026.pdf\">Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and the Anti-Money Laundering Challenge: Rethinking Global Frameworks for a Leaderless World<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-8183 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-06-10 09:25:24\" data-filename=\"Undersea-Cables-Header-Pic-1200x500.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2026\/05\/Undersea-Cables-Header-Pic.png?resize=1200%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"500\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-7898 slide-8183 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Undersea Cables Header Pic\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2026\/06\/Opderbeck-17-Harv-Natl-Sec-J-2-2026.pdf\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:20px;\">Untwisting the Security of Undersea Internet Cables<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull homepage-column is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);flex-basis:70%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Main<\/strong> Edition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8184 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-17\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2026\/06\/untwisting-the-security-of-undersea-internet-cables\/\" target=\"_self\" >Untwisting the Security of Undersea Internet Cables<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-10T09:32:02-04:00\">June 10, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">David W. Opderbeck*[This essay is available in PDF at this link] Abstract The seafloor and its communications infrastructure is a key warfare domain. The global Internet depends on networks of undersea transcontinental cables that are remarkably vulnerable to physical attacks by conventional forces and shadow fleets. Nearly all this infrastructure is privately owned by a&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8175 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-17\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2026\/05\/decentralized-autonomous-organizations-and-the-anti-money-laundering-challenge-rethinking-global-frameworks-for-a-leaderless-world\/\" target=\"_self\" >Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and the Anti-Money Laundering Challenge: Rethinking Global Frameworks for a Leaderless World<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-15T12:38:30-04:00\">May 15, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Uri Volovelsky \u2020 &amp; Sivan Shlomo Agon \u2021[This essay is available in PDF at this link] Abstract Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are blockchain-based entities that operate without centralized management or shareholders, enabling worldwide token holders the option of participating in their governance through self-executing smart contracts. With approximately fifty thousand DAOs controlling over $30 billion&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8163 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-17\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2026\/05\/volume-17-issue-2\/\" target=\"_self\" >Volume 17, Issue 2<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-15T12:15:08-04:00\">May 15, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Articles Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and the Anti-Money Laundering Challenge: Rethinking Global Frameworks for a Leaderless World By Uri Volovelsky &amp; Sivan Shlomo Agon Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are blockchain-based entities that operate without centralized management or shareholders, enabling worldwide token holders the option of participating in their governance through self-executing smart contracts. With approximately fifty&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8102 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-17\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2025\/12\/the-generals-constitution-in-extremis-civil-rights-civilian-supremacy-and-a-national-security-commitment-most-severely-tested\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Generals\u2019 Constitution In Extremis: Civil Rights, Civilian Supremacy, And A National Security Commitment \u201cMost Severely Tested\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-03T17:00:00-05:00\">December 3, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Dan Maurer*[This essay is available in PDF at\u00a0this link] Abstract This article describes the legal confusion that surfaces when a senior military commander dissents from, disobeys, or more offensively defies an apparently lawful order from the commander-in-chief to use force in ways that might check, curb, frustrate, or violate the constitutional liberties of the domestic&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8101 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-17\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2025\/12\/techno-federalism-how-regulatory-fragmentation-shapes-the-u-s-china-ai-race\/\" target=\"_self\" >Techno-Federalism: How Regulatory Fragmentation Shapes the U.S.-China AI Race<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-03T17:00:00-05:00\">December 3, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Jason Jia-Xi Wu*1[This essay is available in PDF at\u00a0this link] Abstract The United States and China are engaged in a regulatory arms race over artificial intelligence (AI). Yet, existing debates often overlook a critical factor shaping this AI race: federalism, or the division of regulatory authority between central and local governments. In the United States,&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8100 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-17\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2025\/12\/violent-vicious-and-fast-lsco-lawyering-and-the-transformation-of-american-ihl\/\" target=\"_self\" >\u201cViolent, Vicious, and Fast\u201d: LSCO Lawyering and the Transformation of American IHL<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-03T17:00:00-05:00\">December 3, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Naz Khatoon Modirzadeh*[This essay is available in PDF at\u00a0this link] Abstract In this Article, I examine a phenomenon unfolding within the United States\u2019s military legal establishment: an effort by a segment of military lawyers to define how the law of armed conflict (LOAC) applies to the wars they anticipate fighting in the future. At the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/main-edition\/\">View Main Edition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:3%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-35f83bd9 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" 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