Note:
Susan L. Turley, Keeping the Peace: Do the Laws of War Apply?, 73 TEXAS L. REV. 139 (1994).
 

Abstract:
Through the lens of the United States peace-keeping mission in Somalia, Turley’s Note addresses three fundamental questions posed by nontraditional military deployment from the perspective of the U.S. role in the international arena: Do the laws of armed conflict apply? What difference does it make whether they do? And finally, what changes, if any, are needed in international law?

In answering those three questions, Turley considers the following topics: the overall development of international laws of armed conflict and their applicability to the traditional waging of war, the evolution and expansion of nontraditional deployments, the applicability of the laws of war to such missions and the consequences of such applicability or the lack thereof. In conclusion, Turley argues that new guidelines are necessary to deal with the changing nature of international deployments and offers some suggestions for reform.