Episode 17: “The Brotherhood Without War Crimez”, feat. BryndenBFish

In this seventeenth episode of Learned Hands, the Official Podcast of the Westerosi Bar Association, Maester Merry & Clint from Laws of Ice and Fire and special guest BryndenBFish from the NotACast Podcast ask: Did the Brotherhood Without Banners commit war crimes?

Our analysis this week includes:

A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT TWOWJeff pretends he is a lawyer AND that he is Merry & Clint’s client somehow all at the same time?Detailed discussion about how the BWB fits into the legal framework of war including the knightly code, the Hague/Geneva Conventions, the ICC, the UCMJ, the unitary executive theory, Guantanamo Bay, and also Cylons?The panel decides whether Ned Stark’s original authorization was legal (it was).A hearty debate as to whether the BWB under Beric is all that different than what it appears to be under Lady Stoneheart.We also finally explain to everyone who hasn’t already googled it who Learned Hand was.Obviously we also force Jeff to do the Sandor voice.

Supplemental reading: 

Jeff’s blog, his podcast, and his twitter (don’t follow him there) “Crimes and Consequences in Ancient Rome” Congressional Research Service Report on Special Prosecutors and Independent CounselBlog post from a Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry comparing warfare in HBO’s Game of Thrones to warfare in the historical medieval period

Extensive editing by LittleWolfBird. Bumpers by Micah of Clark. Intro & Outro music courtesy Sid Luscious & The Pants. None of this should be construed as legal advice OBVIOUSLY. 

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