Asaf Lubin
@asaflubin.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Indiana University. Faculty Affiliations: BKC Harvard, ISP Yale, & HUJI Cyber Law.
Writes and Teaches about International Law 🇺🇳, National Security 🪖, Cybersecurity 👾, Law and Tech 🤖, Espionage & Intelligence🕵️♂️, Torts 🏛️.
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Writes and Teaches about International Law 🇺🇳, National Security 🪖, Cybersecurity 👾, Law and Tech 🤖, Espionage & Intelligence🕵️♂️, Torts 🏛️.
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All aboard the Palsgraf express… it’s proximate cause day in my torts class so naturally I’m dressed as a train conductor ready to guide my students through the wonderful Cardozo Andrew’s maze that is the highlight of every 1L year.
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
All aboard the Palsgraf express… it’s proximate cause day in my torts class so naturally I’m dressed as a train conductor ready to guide my students through the wonderful Cardozo Andrew’s maze that is the highlight of every 1L year.
DeeksFest 2025 was one of those rare moments in academic life when you pause, blink twice, and wonder how on earth you get to call this work.
Spoiler the video includes many laughs, insights, and me accusing Ashley of being a mage and putting up a slide of her in a Harry Potter sorting hat.
Spoiler the video includes many laughs, insights, and me accusing Ashley of being a mage and putting up a slide of her in a Harry Potter sorting hat.
September 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
DeeksFest 2025 was one of those rare moments in academic life when you pause, blink twice, and wonder how on earth you get to call this work.
Spoiler the video includes many laughs, insights, and me accusing Ashley of being a mage and putting up a slide of her in a Harry Potter sorting hat.
Spoiler the video includes many laughs, insights, and me accusing Ashley of being a mage and putting up a slide of her in a Harry Potter sorting hat.
This Fall, I’ll be teaching Torts with a casebook I wrote: Torts: Cases, Problems, and Policy Choices. It’s free. It’s online. And it’s built with one goal in mind: student accessibility.
Check it out on @harvardlil.bsky.social's OpenCasebook.org platform: opencasebook.org/casebooks/15...
Check it out on @harvardlil.bsky.social's OpenCasebook.org platform: opencasebook.org/casebooks/15...
August 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This Fall, I’ll be teaching Torts with a casebook I wrote: Torts: Cases, Problems, and Policy Choices. It’s free. It’s online. And it’s built with one goal in mind: student accessibility.
Check it out on @harvardlil.bsky.social's OpenCasebook.org platform: opencasebook.org/casebooks/15...
Check it out on @harvardlil.bsky.social's OpenCasebook.org platform: opencasebook.org/casebooks/15...
New short piece cross-posted on both Opinio Juris and on the ICoCA’s official blog “Private Security Conversations”. Discussing the rising use of emerging tech by private security companies & its implications for int’l regulation.
opiniojuris.org/2025/07/16/s...
blog.icoca.ch/did-ai-break...
opiniojuris.org/2025/07/16/s...
blog.icoca.ch/did-ai-break...
July 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New short piece cross-posted on both Opinio Juris and on the ICoCA’s official blog “Private Security Conversations”. Discussing the rising use of emerging tech by private security companies & its implications for int’l regulation.
opiniojuris.org/2025/07/16/s...
blog.icoca.ch/did-ai-break...
opiniojuris.org/2025/07/16/s...
blog.icoca.ch/did-ai-break...
I am once again chairing the Scholarship Award Committee of the International Law and Technology Interest Group at @asilorg.bsky.social.
Please consider submitting your or your students' scholarship. For more information on how to submit see here: www.asil.org/sites/defaul...
Please consider submitting your or your students' scholarship. For more information on how to submit see here: www.asil.org/sites/defaul...
May 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I am once again chairing the Scholarship Award Committee of the International Law and Technology Interest Group at @asilorg.bsky.social.
Please consider submitting your or your students' scholarship. For more information on how to submit see here: www.asil.org/sites/defaul...
Please consider submitting your or your students' scholarship. For more information on how to submit see here: www.asil.org/sites/defaul...
New National Security Law (NSL) Unscripted podcast episode from the JAG School just dropped, where I talk with the incredible Emily Bobenrieth about my forthcoming book and the broader regulation of espionage in international law.
Check it out here:
d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/audio/2505/D...
Check it out here:
d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/audio/2505/D...
May 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
New National Security Law (NSL) Unscripted podcast episode from the JAG School just dropped, where I talk with the incredible Emily Bobenrieth about my forthcoming book and the broader regulation of espionage in international law.
Check it out here:
d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/audio/2505/D...
Check it out here:
d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/audio/2505/D...
Offprints days are the best days. Can’t believe I’m done with this behemoth of a project on spyware regulation.
@ohiostatelaw.bsky.social @OhioStateLJ #SellingSurveillance
@ohiostatelaw.bsky.social @OhioStateLJ #SellingSurveillance
April 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Offprints days are the best days. Can’t believe I’m done with this behemoth of a project on spyware regulation.
@ohiostatelaw.bsky.social @OhioStateLJ #SellingSurveillance
@ohiostatelaw.bsky.social @OhioStateLJ #SellingSurveillance
Spent the last 48-hrs with two of my absolute best academic friends, Russell Buchan and @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social, chatting about my forthcoming book on the role of int’l law in the regulation of espionage. Saying I had fun would be the understatement of the century!
@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social
@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Spent the last 48-hrs with two of my absolute best academic friends, Russell Buchan and @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social, chatting about my forthcoming book on the role of int’l law in the regulation of espionage. Saying I had fun would be the understatement of the century!
@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social
@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social
🚨 New Paper Alert: "Data Injustice in Global Justice," forthcoming in issue 59(1) of the UC Davis Law Review.
I co-authored the paper with Cherry Tang, my former Columbia Law student.
The paper is accessible on @SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
I co-authored the paper with Cherry Tang, my former Columbia Law student.
The paper is accessible on @SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
March 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🚨 New Paper Alert: "Data Injustice in Global Justice," forthcoming in issue 59(1) of the UC Davis Law Review.
I co-authored the paper with Cherry Tang, my former Columbia Law student.
The paper is accessible on @SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
I co-authored the paper with Cherry Tang, my former Columbia Law student.
The paper is accessible on @SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
Great couple of days of conferencing in Amsterdam and then at @unileiden.bsky.social in Den Haag.. talking about tech companies’ liability under international criminal law, and new modes of regulation of industries of prediction. Both early works-in-progress.
March 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Great couple of days of conferencing in Amsterdam and then at @unileiden.bsky.social in Den Haag.. talking about tech companies’ liability under international criminal law, and new modes of regulation of industries of prediction. Both early works-in-progress.
🚨New Paper Alert🚨
"Technology & the Law of Jus Ante Bellum" now on @ssrn.bsky.social & forthcoming with the Chicago Journal of International Law's 2025 symposium issue focusing on "Technological Innovation in Global Governance." You can access the article here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"Technology & the Law of Jus Ante Bellum" now on @ssrn.bsky.social & forthcoming with the Chicago Journal of International Law's 2025 symposium issue focusing on "Technological Innovation in Global Governance." You can access the article here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🚨New Paper Alert🚨
"Technology & the Law of Jus Ante Bellum" now on @ssrn.bsky.social & forthcoming with the Chicago Journal of International Law's 2025 symposium issue focusing on "Technological Innovation in Global Governance." You can access the article here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"Technology & the Law of Jus Ante Bellum" now on @ssrn.bsky.social & forthcoming with the Chicago Journal of International Law's 2025 symposium issue focusing on "Technological Innovation in Global Governance." You can access the article here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Became an American today. 🇺🇸 Excited to roll up my sleeves and contribute to forming here a more perfect union.
January 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Became an American today. 🇺🇸 Excited to roll up my sleeves and contribute to forming here a more perfect union.
Pictured here:
A law professor in his element.
A law professor in his element.
January 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Pictured here:
A law professor in his element.
A law professor in his element.
Having an incredible time at the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School (Charlottesville, VA), discussing my forthcoming book "The International Law of Intelligence" with the National Security Law Unscripted Podcast & teaching military attorneys this afternoon on espionage regulation.
January 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Having an incredible time at the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School (Charlottesville, VA), discussing my forthcoming book "The International Law of Intelligence" with the National Security Law Unscripted Podcast & teaching military attorneys this afternoon on espionage regulation.
The long wait is over. 2025 is going to be a great year. Coming soon with Oxford University Press.
January 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The long wait is over. 2025 is going to be a great year. Coming soon with Oxford University Press.
Well this is a first.. an @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social student just shared a drawing of how she imagined the events on my final torts exam hypo playing out in reality.
Can you guess which legal issues were discussed in the exam based on this drawing?
Great reminder that I need to finish grading!
Can you guess which legal issues were discussed in the exam based on this drawing?
Great reminder that I need to finish grading!
January 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Well this is a first.. an @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social student just shared a drawing of how she imagined the events on my final torts exam hypo playing out in reality.
Can you guess which legal issues were discussed in the exam based on this drawing?
Great reminder that I need to finish grading!
Can you guess which legal issues were discussed in the exam based on this drawing?
Great reminder that I need to finish grading!
A student just sent this to me. I guess I’m bound to start each torts proximate cause class session with this video moving forward.
How far along would you extend liability?
A modern video adaptation of Andrew’s illustration in Palsgraf about the chauffeur, the dynamite, and the nursemaid.
How far along would you extend liability?
A modern video adaptation of Andrew’s illustration in Palsgraf about the chauffeur, the dynamite, and the nursemaid.
January 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A student just sent this to me. I guess I’m bound to start each torts proximate cause class session with this video moving forward.
How far along would you extend liability?
A modern video adaptation of Andrew’s illustration in Palsgraf about the chauffeur, the dynamite, and the nursemaid.
How far along would you extend liability?
A modern video adaptation of Andrew’s illustration in Palsgraf about the chauffeur, the dynamite, and the nursemaid.
I’m thrilled to learn that the International Studies Department at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies has voted to reccomend my appointment to join as an affiliated faculty in combination with my ongoing faculty position at the law school.
More colleagues, more fun! 🕺🏼🪩
More colleagues, more fun! 🕺🏼🪩
December 14, 2024 at 4:23 AM
I’m thrilled to learn that the International Studies Department at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies has voted to reccomend my appointment to join as an affiliated faculty in combination with my ongoing faculty position at the law school.
More colleagues, more fun! 🕺🏼🪩
More colleagues, more fun! 🕺🏼🪩
Today, I signed a new contract with NATO CCDCOE to join the editorial team and contribute a short chapter on soldier privacy for the Centre's 2025 "Handbook on Data Protection and Privacy Law as Applied to Military Activities."
December 9, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Today, I signed a new contract with NATO CCDCOE to join the editorial team and contribute a short chapter on soldier privacy for the Centre's 2025 "Handbook on Data Protection and Privacy Law as Applied to Military Activities."
In 2022 I co-edited "The Rights to Privacy & Data Protection in Times of Armed Conflict" for @natohq.bsky.social Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). The study of wartime digital rights protection turned into a full research agenda for me, and has carried through my scholarship.
December 9, 2024 at 1:31 PM
In 2022 I co-edited "The Rights to Privacy & Data Protection in Times of Armed Conflict" for @natohq.bsky.social Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). The study of wartime digital rights protection turned into a full research agenda for me, and has carried through my scholarship.
🚨 New Article Alert! 🚨
Revisiting the age old debate: is software a product, a service, or just a glitch in the matrix? In this ILJ piece I dive into a 50-state survey, post-3rd Rstmt case law, & even throw in EU law analysis and Platonic idealism for good measure.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Revisiting the age old debate: is software a product, a service, or just a glitch in the matrix? In this ILJ piece I dive into a 50-state survey, post-3rd Rstmt case law, & even throw in EU law analysis and Platonic idealism for good measure.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 5, 2024 at 10:03 PM
🚨 New Article Alert! 🚨
Revisiting the age old debate: is software a product, a service, or just a glitch in the matrix? In this ILJ piece I dive into a 50-state survey, post-3rd Rstmt case law, & even throw in EU law analysis and Platonic idealism for good measure.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Revisiting the age old debate: is software a product, a service, or just a glitch in the matrix? In this ILJ piece I dive into a 50-state survey, post-3rd Rstmt case law, & even throw in EU law analysis and Platonic idealism for good measure.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The 125 member states of the Int’l Criminal Court are now legally obligated to arrest Netanyahu & Gallant upon entry. Courtesy of @wikipedia.bsky.social that includes every green territory on the map. The world has just gotten a lot smaller for Netanyahu & Gallant.
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
November 21, 2024 at 12:23 PM
The 125 member states of the Int’l Criminal Court are now legally obligated to arrest Netanyahu & Gallant upon entry. Courtesy of @wikipedia.bsky.social that includes every green territory on the map. The world has just gotten a lot smaller for Netanyahu & Gallant.
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
I don’t know what I did differently but I believe I got an image slightly more representative of the school’s rejection of positivism.
November 20, 2024 at 4:02 PM
I don’t know what I did differently but I believe I got an image slightly more representative of the school’s rejection of positivism.
As a general matter, I rarely write about #Israel #Palestine. I fear the situation is intractable & the pain is paralyzing. Writing with Omar was therapeutic & I hope it proves collaborative scholarship, across political divides, is still possible, even now.
lieber.westpoint.edu/algorithms-w...
lieber.westpoint.edu/algorithms-w...
January 24, 2024 at 8:27 PM
As a general matter, I rarely write about #Israel #Palestine. I fear the situation is intractable & the pain is paralyzing. Writing with Omar was therapeutic & I hope it proves collaborative scholarship, across political divides, is still possible, even now.
lieber.westpoint.edu/algorithms-w...
lieber.westpoint.edu/algorithms-w...