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International Law and Intelligence-Gathering

Treatises

The Law of Nations, Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns, De Vattel (London: G. G. & J. Robinson, 1797) Sections 179, 180, 181, pages 375 -378 deal with spies.

International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace and War, H.W. Halleck (New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1861) Ch. XVI - Means and Instruments of War, Sections 26, 27, 28, pages 406 -409 deal with the topic of spies.
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Journal Articles

Essays on Espionage and International Law, edited by Roland J. Stanger (Ohio State University Press, 1962) (First page of the foreword is missing)
Essays included:

  1. Espionage and the Doctrine of Non-Intervention in Internal Affairs - Quincy Wright
  2. Legal Problems of Espionage in Conditions of Modern Conflict - Julius Stone
  3. Space Espionage and World Order: A Consideration of the Samos-Midas Program - Richard A. Falk
  4. Espionage and Arms Control - Roland J. Stanger

Spying for Peace: Explaining the Absence of the Formal Regulation of Peacetime Espionage, Michael Kapp, University of Chicago, Master's Thesis, June 2007 

The Unresolved Equation of Espionage and International Law, A. John Radsan, 27 Michigan Journal of International Law 595 (2006)

Counterintuitive:Intelligence Operations and International Law, Glenn Sulmasy, John Yoo, 27 Michigan Journal of International Law 625 (2006)

Towards a Right of Privacy in Transnational Intelligence Networks, Franscesca Bignami, 27 Michigan Journal of International Law 663 (2006)

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold: Intelligence and International Law, Simon Chesterman, 27 Michigan Journal of International Law 1071 (2006)
Territorially Intrusive Intelligence Collection and International Law, Commander Roger D. Scott, 46 Air Force Law Review 217 (1999)

National Intelligence and the Rule of Law, Deborah N. Pearlstein, Advance, Vol. 2, No. 1, pgs. 11-19 (Fall 2008)

A Tolerance of International Espionage: A Functional Approach, Christopher D. Baker, 19 American University International Law Review 1091 (2004)


Live and Let Spy: U.S. Intelligence in Brazil, Oscar Lopez, Cornell International Law Journal Online, p. 64- 66 (2013)

Spies Without Borders: International Law and Intelligence Collection, Craig Forcese, Journal of National Security Law & Policy, Vol. 5 (2011) 
  
Bringing the Spies in from the Cold: Legal Cosmopolitanism, and Intelligence under the Laws of War, Peyton A. Cooke (2010)

The International Legal Regulation of State-Sponsored Cyber Espionage, Russell Buchan, University of Sheffield (2012). 

L'espionnage en droit international: une activité licite ou illicite?, Fabien LaFouasse (2012/2013)

Cyber Espionage and International Law, Aaron Shull, GigaNet: Global Internet Governance Academic Network, Annual Symposium 2013.

Applicability of International Law on Cyber Espionage Intrusions, Ella Shoshan, Stockholm University (2014).

Status of espionage from the perspective of international laws with emphasis on countries' diplomatic and consular relations, Zahra Baheri and Ali Shojaei Fard, 2 Journal of Scientific Research and Development 41 (2015).

An International Legal Framework For Surveillance, Ashley Deeks, 55 Virginia Journal of International Law 291 (2015).

Countering State-Sponsored Cyber Economic Espionage Under International Law, Catherine Lotrionte, N.C. J. INT'L. L. & COM. REG. 443 (2015). 

"Absolute Friends": United States Espionage against Germany and Public International Law, Patrick C. R. Terry, 28.2 Revue québécoise de droit international 173 (2015).

L'espionnage en temps de paix en droit international public, Iňaki Navarrete, The Canadian Yearbook of International Law (2015).

Pragmatism and Principle: Intelligence Agencies and International Law, Craig Forcese, 102 Virginia Law Review 67 (2016).


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Other Resources

Impunity of Agents in International Law, Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency  

Self-Defense and the Limits of WMD Intelligence, Matthew C. Waxman, Hoover Institute, Stanford University
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