The United States relied heavily on private military companies for campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, which led to over a hundred decisions in US civil courts from 2004 to 2020. By recording, categorizing and analyzing all these rulings in one study, Sebastian Sobotta answers the question of whether private military companies act in a legal vacuum.
The United States relied heavily on private military companies for campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, which led to over a hundred decisions in US civil courts from 2004 to 2020. By recording, categorizing and analyzing all these rulings in one study, Sebastian Sobotta answers the question of whether private military companies act in a legal vacuum.
Sebastian Sobotta
Geboren 1982; Studium der Rechtswissenschaft sowie LL.M. Eur. an der Universität Würzburg mit Auslandsstudium an der Université Paris-II Panthéon-Assas; wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der Forschungsstelle Umweltenergierecht in Würzburg; Rechtsreferendariat am Kammergericht Berlin; 2015-18 Rechtsanwalt; Mitglied der Clearingstelle EEG|KWKG u.a. als Schiedsrichter und Mediator; 2021 Promotion.
political question doctrine Immunität combatant activities exception Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) Alien Tort Statute (ATS)