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164 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1347 (2015-2016)
War Torts: Accountability for Autonomous Weapons

handle is hein.journals/pnlr164 and id is 1375 raw text is: UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW Founded 1852 Formerly AMERICAN LAW REGISTER © 2016 University of Pennsylvania Law Review VOL. 164 MAY 2016 NO. 6 ARTICLE WAR TORTS: ACCOUNTABILITY FOR AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS REBECCA CROOTOFt Unlike conventional weapons or remotely operated drones, autonomous weapon systems can independently select and engage targets. As a result, they may take actions that look like war crimes-the sinking of a cruise ship, the destruction of a village, the downing of a passenger jet-without any individual acting intentionally or recklessly. Absent such willful action, no one can be held criminally liable under existing international law. t Ph.D. Candidate in Law, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Resident Fellow, Yale Information Society Project (ISP). Thanks are due to BJ Ard, Jack Balkin, Molly Brady, Kristen Eichensehr, David Grewal, Monica Hakimi, Oona Hathaway, Doug Kysar, Ryan Mitchell, Portia Pedro, Paul Scharre, Amanda Shanor, Scott Shapiro, Shelly Welton, and John Witt for their insights and contributions. Thanks particularly to Alex Bedrosyan and Jen Daskal for numerous substantive and structural suggestions. This Article also benefited from feedback during presentations at the Yale ISP, the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Midyear Research Forum, and the ASIL International Law in Domestic Courts Working Group. (1347)