
- The Killing of Soleimani and International Law
By Mary Ellen O’Connell, Professor of Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and is Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution—Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame
2. The Soleimani Strike and Self-Defence Against an Imminent Armed Attack
By Marko Milanovic, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Nottingham School of Law
3. Iran Unlawfully Retaliates Against the United States, Violating Iraqi Sovereignty in the Process
By Marko Milanovic, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Nottingham School of Law
4. The Targeted Killing of General Soleimani: Its Lawfulness and Why It Matters
By Agnes Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions
5. The Soleimani Strike: One Person Decides
By Jack Goldsmith, Professor at Harvard Law School
https://www.lawfareblog.com/soleimani-strike-one-person-decides
6. Did the President Have the Domestic Legal Authority to Kill Qassem Soleimani?
By Scott R. Anderson, David M. Rubenstein fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and former legal advisor for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq
https://www.lawfareblog.com/did-president-have-domestic-legal-authority-kill-qassem-soleimani
7. Lawful Self-Defense vs. Revenge Strikes: Scrutinizing Iran and U.S. Uses of Force under International Law
By Geoffrey S. Corn and Rachel VanLandingham, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.)
8.New York Times: As Tensions With Iran Escalated, Trump Opted for Most Extreme Measure
9. ASSOCIATED PRESS: Was the drone attack on Iranian general an assassination?
10. NPR: Was It Legal For The U.S. To Kill A Top Iranian Military Leader?
11. Statement by the Department of Defense