...the volume very usefully sketches the contours of the ongoing debates within international law over the correct response to terrorism. Karima Bennoune The American Journal of International Law, Vol 100 2006 ...a timely and welcome addition to the literature, and will serve to stimulate and inform debate on issues that are likely to remain of central importance to the international community in the coming years. Chester Brown The Cambridge Law Journal November 2005 [a] rich collection of masterfully written essays. American Society of International Law Newsletter November 2004 ...[offers] insights which both strategists and policy-makers will find useful. The Commonwealth Lawyer, Vol 15, No 2 August 06 ...the volume is more like a manual on post-11 September international terrorism than a simple collection of essays. Pasquale De Sena The European Journal of International Law, Vol 17, No 4 2006

The scale and horror of recent terror attacks and the panic which ensued throughout the world has forced policy-makers and international lawyers to re-examine international legal tools available to enforce norms against terrorism. The magnitude of the attacks, the modalities of the operations, the profiles of the terrorists and the transnational structure of some terrorist organisations all cast doubt on the adequacy of the existing political and legal framework to fight terrorism. Due to this perception, governments have increased the intensity of measures to combat terrorist activities such as using military force against States sponsoring terrorism, freezing assets of terrorist organizations, and promulgating national security measures designed to protect the State against would be terrorists. This book comprehensively analyses the suitability of existing international legal tools to enforce rules prohibiting terrorism. Contributions from leading experts in international law examine, among others, questions relating to the proper role of international law in combating terrorism, the legality of covert operations against terrorism, whether the law of armed conflict can be applied to the war against terror, domestic anti-terror laws and their compatibility with human rights standards, and how to regulate the internet to prevent terrorist usage. In addition, the ways in which States can co-operate together to more effectively investigate terrorist infrastructures and apprehend suspects is focused upon. The interplay between different layers of legal authority at international, regional and domestic levels is also subject to review. This thorough examination of the array of legal means at the international communitys disposal to enforce norms against terrorism will allow readers to appreciate the real challenges that terrorism and the responses to it pose to the international legal system.
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This book, written by leading experts, comprehensively analyses the suitability of existing legal tools to enforce rules prohibiting terrorism.
The Proper Role of International Law in Combating Terrorism Georges Abi-Saab Part I - Terrorism and the International Legal System: The Alleged Inadequacy of International Law and the Quest for an Effective Response 1. State Sponsors of Terrorism: Issues of International Responsibility Pierre-Marie Dupuy 2.The Legality of Covert Operations Against Terrorism in Foreign States Natalino Ronzitti 3. The War against Terrorism and Jus in Bello: Are the Geneva Conventions Out of Date? Luigi Condorelli and Yasmin Naqvi 4.The Treatment of Terrorist Suspects Captured Abroad: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Silvia Borelli 5. Arresting Terrorism: Criminal Jurisdiction and International Relations Madeline Morris Part II - Global, Regional and National Responses to Terrorism: The Interplay between Different Layers of Legal Authority 6. The UN Security Council and International Terrorism Bardo Fassbender 7. Countering Catastrophic Terrorism: An American View Ruth Wedgwood 8. The Action of the European Union to Combat International Terrorism August Reinisch 9. Fighting Against International Terrorism: The Latin American Response Michelangela Scalabrino Part III - International Terrorism as an Individual Crime: Jurisdictional Issues, Human Rights Standards and Beyond 10. Terrorism as an International Crime Antonio Cassese 11. The Exercise of Criminal Jurisdiction over International Terrorists Robert Kolb 12. Terrorism, National Measures and International Supervision Andrew Clapham 13. National Courts and the ‘War on Terrorism’ Eyal Benvenisti 14. The Rendition of Terrorist Suspects to the United States: Human Rights and the Limits of International Cooperation Silvia Borelli Part IV - International Terrorism and Economic Activities: Old and New Challenges for International Law Enforcement Mechanisms 15. Freezing the Assets of International Terrorist Organisations Luca G Radicati di Brozolo and Mauro Megliani 16. The Fight Against the Financing of Terrorism between Judicial and Regulatory Cooperation Anna Gardella 17. The Internet and Terrorist Activities Ugo Draetta 18.Cyberterrorism: A New Challenge for International Law Richard Garnett and Paul Clarke Part V - Conclusions 19. Enforcing International Law Norms Against Terrorism: Achievements and Prospects Andrea Bianchi
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This book comprehensively analyses the suitability of existing international legal tools to enforce rules prohibiting terrorism.
Rigorous scholarship embracing all things public international law from the doctrinal to the theoretical. This series contains monographs on all aspects of public international law, embracing a broad range of approaches, from the technical and doctrinal to theoretical and speculative. Titles in the series explore both general questions of international law and the subject's more specialist fields and offer perspectives from international lawyers at all stages in their research careers.
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ISBN
9781841135663
Publisert
2005-11-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Hart Publishing
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
576

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Biografisk notat

Andrea Bianchi is Professor of International Law at The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva and Professor at the Catholic University, Milan.