Gary D. Solis

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Gary D. Solis
Born
Gary Dean Solis[1]

(1941-06-05) June 5, 1941 (age 82)[2]
Denver, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Alma materSan Diego State University
UC Davis School of Law
George Washington University
London School of Economics
OccupationAdjunct Professor of Law
EmployerGeorgetown University Law Center
Known forExpert in the laws of war
Notable workThe Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War (Cambridge University Press 2010)

Gary Dean Solis (born June 5, 1941) is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and an Adjunct Professor of Law who teaches the laws of war at the Georgetown University Law Center and the George Washington University Law School.[4][5][6]

He attended San Diego State University (B.A), the University of California, Davis School of Law (J.D.), George Washington University Law School (LL.M.), and the London School of Economics and Political Science (Ph.D.).

Before his academic career, Solis served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War in the United States Marine Corps.[7] He is a former military judge advocate and Marine prosecutor, who retired as a lieutenant colonel (O-5).[8][9]

He previously taught on the LSE's law faculty for three years, and served on the faculty of the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy (West Point).[10][11] For six years he headed West Point's law of war program, in 2007 he was a Library of Congress scholar in residence, and he is on the teaching faculty of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, in San Remo, Italy.

Solis authored Marines and Military Law in Vietnam, as well as ones about war-crimes including the Son Thang massacre in Son Thang: An American War Crime and The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War (Cambridge University Press 2010).

References

  1. ^ Register of commissioned and warrant officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and reserve officers on active duty (1965), page 1257
  2. ^ Register of commissioned and warrant officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and reserve officers on active duty (1965), page 961
  3. ^ Solis, Gary D. (May 1997). Son Thang: An American War Crime. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781557507433.
  4. ^ "Georgetown Law - J.D. Adjunct Faculty". Law.georgetown.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  5. ^ Von Zielbauer, Paul (July 21, 2007). "No Time in Prison for Marine Convicted of Kidnapping Iraqi". The New York Times.
  6. ^ García, Michelle (October 13, 2006). "Prison Atrocities Close to Home, Far From This Century". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  7. ^ "Crimes Of War Project > Expert Analysis". Crimesofwar.org. Archived from the original on July 5, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  8. ^ Marshall, Carolyn (November 7, 2006). "Third Guilty Plea in Killing Of Iraqi by a Marine Patrol". New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  9. ^ Watkins, Thomas (June 16, 2006). "Lawyers: Threats Used Against Marines". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  10. ^ "Faculty and Staff". Dean.usma.edu. Archived from the original on January 9, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
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