Liberty Law Talk

Podcast Art for the Liberty Law PodcastLiberty Law Talk features prominent legal thinkers and writers on contemporary topics for a wide-ranging discussion. The podcast can be found at lawliberty.org and is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.

Civil War

Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History

In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies. It announced standards of conduct in wartime—concerning torture, prisoners of war, civilians, spies, and slaves—that shaped the course of the Civil War. By the twentieth century, Lincoln’s code would be incorporated into the Geneva Conventions and form the basis of a new international law of war. […Learn More]