William Banks is the Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor of Law at the Syracuse University College of Law, where he directs the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism. He also serves as a Professor of Public Affairs and International Affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at Syracuse University and as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy. With Stephen Dycus and Peter Raven-Hansen, he is also co-author of National Security Law, 5th edition, the leading text in the subject area.

Dr. Daphné Richemond-Barak, Chapter 1, The Human Rights Council and the Convergence of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law.

Evan J. Criddle, Associate Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law.

Eric Talbot Jensen, Associate Professor, Brigham Young University Law School. Previously Chief, International Law Branch, Office of The Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army; Military Legal Advisor to U.S. forces in Baghdad, Iraq and in Tuzla, Bosnia; Legal Advisor to the U.S. contingent of U.N. Forces in Macedonia.

Geoffrey Corn, Associate Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law. Formerly Special Assistant for Law of War Matters and Chief of the Law of War Branch, Office of The Judge Advocate General, United States Army; Chief of International Law, U.S. Army Europe; Professor of International and National Security Law, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School.

Chris Jenks, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. Presently serving as the Chief of the International Law Branch, Office of The Judge Advocate General, Washington, D.C.

Peter Margulies, Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law. I thank Ken Anderson, Sam Estreicher, Monica Hakimi, Dick Jackson, Bill Kuebler, Mike Lewis, David Luban, Matt Waxman and participants at the 2012 National Security Law Conference at the South Texas College of Law for comments on earlier drafts.

Chris Jenks, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. Presently serving as the Chief of the International Law Branch, Office of The Judge Advocate General, Washington, D.C.

Gregory S. McNeal, Chapter 7, New Approaches to Reducing and Mitigating Harm to Civilians.

Dr. Boaz Ganor, Founder & Executive Director of the The International Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT), and Deputy Dean of the Lauder School of Government at The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel.

Robert Chesney, Charles I. Francis, Professor in Law, University of Texas School of Law.

Corri Zoli, Chapter 10, The Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Politicizing Maritime Law in Asymmetric Contexts.