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Asaf Lubin

@asaflubin.bsky.social

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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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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Jan 10

The long wait is over. 2025 is going to be a great year. Coming soon with Oxford University Press.

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Sep 11

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.

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 25

I had a great time chatting with @ssrn.bsky.social about my scholarship for their “Meet the Author” series.

I feel honored having my work spotlighted alongside such a distinguished body of academics.

SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which features our Meet the Author series with @asaflubin.bsky.social from @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social.

Read More: spkl.io/63324A3uAA

#AcademicSky #LawSky #AcademicChatter

Meet the Author: Asaf Lubin

Dr. Asaf Lubin is an Associate Professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law and an Affiliated Faculty at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He additionally serve…

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 22

🎙️ New podcast recording following my @lawfaremedia.org piece with Deborah Housen-Couriel, discussing wartime digital rights protection in the wake of the Ukraine and Netherlands v. Russia decision.

The piece is accessible here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/digi...

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 18

The blog post is accessible here:

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/digi...

Digital Rights in Armed Conflict and the Ukraine v. Russia Decision

A watershed decision from the European Court of Human Rights reaffirms privacy rights in war, limiting data collection by militaries in the age of digital conflict.

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 18

In our @lawfaremedia.org piece, Deborah Housen-Couriel & I explore this issue. The ruling affirms work I & others (with support from NATO CCDCOE) have advanced for years.

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 18

But less has been said about the judgment’s groundbreaking implications for digital rights—especially privacy & data protection. For the first time, the Court affirms that privacy protections apply even during war, constraining how militaries collect & use personal data.

Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 18

Great analysis has focused on right to life, attribution, & extraterritorial application—see commentary by Dapo Akande, Marko Milanović, Jasmine Sommardal, Miles Jackson, @isabellarisini.bsky.social & @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social, over @ejiltalk.bsky.social ECHRBlog @verfassungsblog.de.

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 18

Last month the @echr.coe.int issued a landmark judgment in Ukraine & the Netherlands v. Russia. It charted new ground on applying international human rights law during armed conflict & occupation—amid systematic and widespread violations of IHRL and IHL.

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Aug 18

On July 9, the European Court of Human Rights found that Russia was responsible for human rights violations in its invasion and war in Ukraine. Deborah Housen-Couriel and @asaflubin.bsky.social explain the impact of the court's treatment of digital rights protections in the age of digital conflict.

Digital Rights in Armed Conflict and the Ukraine v. Russia Decision

A watershed decision from the European Court of Human Rights reaffirms privacy rights in war, limiting data collection by militaries in the age of digital conflict.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 6

Haha. Yes that canonical and clairvoyant reference by judge Andrews to a robotic vacuum. Who doesn’t remember that one.

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 6

Through a separate teaching award I've also been developing torts NextGEN bar compliant torts question sets & assignments.

Happy to share all these materials as well as my syllabus, my class notes, and slides with anyone who finds this interesting & wants to join the open casebook revolution.

Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 6

Each case is followed by a set of learning tools designed to help students engage & retain content: reading comprehension Qs, AI-generated visuals for context, short “fun facts” & test your knowledge MCQs.

The goal here is to make the reading process more active, intuitive, & effective.

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 6

The case selection blends the classics with the contemporary, grounding core doctrines in modern factual contexts that speak to today’s students. The goal: help students see how tort law adapts (or fails to adapt) to the evolving ways people cause harm today not in 19th century.

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 6

With generous support from @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social & Indiana University Bloomington’s Libraries' Course Material Fellowship Program (CMFP), I’ve spent the last three years building a casebook that meets students where they are.

It's also available for purchase on Lulu: www.lulu.com/shop/asaf-lu...

Torts: Cases, Problems, and Policy Choices

This text offers a sustained exploration of private law remedies for harm arising from both intentional and accidental conduct. Throughout the text, we will examine the legal mechanisms—developed by c...

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 6

Like many of my colleagues, I find it increasingly absurd that we ask our students—especially 1Ls, who have no say in their course selection—to spend hundreds of $ on new editions of casebooks that mostly repackage public domain court opinions.

This book is CC BY-NC licensed.

#OER #OpenCasebook

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Aug 6

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...

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Jul 16

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.

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Indiana University Maurer School of Law @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social · Jul 9

Forthcoming work from Prof. @asaflubin.bsky.social highlighted by SSRN:

SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · Jul 3

Shades of Legal Nuance: This paper explores the paradoxical nature of #espionage, highlighting its moral contradictions & the performative dance of denial & accusation.

Read: http://spkl.io/63326ABKq8
Subscribe: http://spkl.io/63321ABKqH

#Lawsky @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social

This image shows a file that says top secret with a small camera on top.

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · May 15

Watching from Geneva no less.. as close to the stage in real time as I’ve ever been.

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · May 14

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...

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Indiana University Maurer School of Law @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social · May 8

Prof. @asaflubin.bsky.social's conversation with Maj. Emily Bobenrieth at The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School is now available to listen to. Lubin covers more than a decade of research into the law and ethics that govern espionage. www.dvidshub.net/audio/86337/...

NSL Unscripted | Episode 23 – The International Law of Intelligence with Professor Asaf Lubin

In this episode, MAJ Emily Bobenrieth, Associate Professor in the National Security Law Department, talks with Professor Asaf Lubin, Associate Professor at Indianan University Maurer School of Law and...

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · May 8

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:
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Apr 29

I love the @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social community. So much of my professional success in the last five years is thanks to the trust and support I received here for pursuing my work.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social · Apr 29

Congratulations to Prof. @asaflubin.bsky.social, who has been named one of six recipients of Indiana University's Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards, the most prestigious campus-level award given to pre-tenure faculty. Read more: blogs.iu.edu/maurerlaw/20...

Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Apr 21

Hey — there’s a version on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

It is not the final version though which I suspect the journal will post on its website soon for open access.

Selling Surveillance

Almost everything we do on the Internet is achieved through internetconnected devices, such as smartphones and laptops. This reality has produced a new sprawlin

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Apr 21

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

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Apr 17

Thanks @ssrn.bsky.social for highlighting my paper “Technology and the Law of Jus Ante Bellum” forthcoming with the @uchicagolaw.bsky.social Journal of International Law.

SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · Apr 17

The article critiques the limited focus of international rules concerning #military force, which address the initiation & conduct of #war without considering the significance of peacetime military preparations.

Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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