Episode 17: “The Brotherhood Without War Crimez”, feat. BryndenBFish - a podcast by Maester Merry & Clint

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 TWOW
• Jeff 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 Counsel
• Blog 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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