Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control, Second Series – serie

What are the legal limits for America's global war on terrorism? The main volume of the set sheds light on these questions and on the general body of national security law as well as analyzes the legal foundation for international arms control in light of the global war on terror. O'Neill also provides a supplementary volume that saves researchers from conducting hours of work online and in other, less comprehensive print resources. Speaking from the unique viewpoint of his decades of experience in international law and political consulting, O'Neill has arranged a thorough, but compact resource for creating effective and principled security policy. National Security and the Legal Process offers readers a practical approach to resolving the age-old tensions between security and freedom and between self-defense and respect for sovereignty. About this VolumeIn this two-volume set, attorney and professor Philip O'Neill uses his vast expertise to explore the difficult legal principles that relate to U.S. conduct in its War on Terror. Instead of taking a simplistic, polemical approach to the debate between the imperative of security and the imperative of liberty, O'Neill instead advocates a more practical, process-based model for resolving that classic tension. O'Neill objectively provides the information and insight necessary to understand and improve current U.S. security policy. National Security and the Legal Process moves beyond the narrow debate between security assurance and civil liberties to analyze the legal implications of recent U.S. and U.N. action on issues such as bioterrorism and nuclear threats. With a detailed discussion of how best to address those two modern threats, National Security and the Legal Process acts as a comprehensive resource for policymakers and for the scholars and who influence them. The supplement of primary documents that accompanies O'Neill's monograph will remove hours of unnecessary research for practitioners as well as the next generation of policymakers: who include students enrolled in law schools and graduate programs.

Top Ten Global Justice Law Review Articles 2007 is a thorough and accessible review of the most salient, the most controversial, and the most illuminating essays on security law in the previous calendar year. In this edition, Professor Amos Guiora presents the ten most vital and pertinent law review articles from 2007 written by both scholars who have already gained international prominence as experts in security law as well as emerging voices in the security-law debate. These articles deal with issues of terrorism, security law, and the preservation of civil liberties in the post-9/11 world. The chosen selections derive not just from the high quality and expertise of the articles' authors, but equally from the wide diversity of legal issues addressed by those authors. Guiora combines the expertise of scholars from such accredited institutions as Harvard, Stanford, the U.S Military Academy and the U.S. Department of Defense to provide a valuable resource for scholars and experts researching this important subject area.This annual review provides researchers with more than just an authoritative discussion on the most prominent security debates of the day; it also educates researchers on new issues that have received far too little attention in the press and in academia. These expert scholars and leaders tackle and give voice to these issues that range from cyberterror to detention of suspected terrorists to France's tightening of its civil liberties policy to new restrictions on religious philanthropy and beyond. Together, the vast knowledge and independent viewpoints represented by these ten authors make this volume, of what will be an annual review within the Terrorism, 2nd Series, a valuable resource for individuals new to the realm of security law and for advanced researchers with a sophisticated understanding of the field. Top Ten Global Justice Law Review Articles 2007 serves as a one-stop guidebook on how both the U.S. and the world generally are currently waging the war on terror.

Top Ten Global Justice Law Review Articles 2008 is a thorough and accessible review of the most salient, the most controversial, and the most illuminating essays on security law in the previous calendar year. In this edition, Professor Amos Guiora presents the ten most vital and pertinent law review articles from 2008 written by both scholars who have already gained international prominence as experts in global justice as well as emerging voices in the realm of international criminal law and human rights. These articles deal with issues of terrorism, security law, environmental law, and the preservation of civil liberties in the post-9/11 world. The chosen selections derive not just from the high quality and expertise of the articles' authors, but equally from the wide diversity of legal issues addressed by those authors. Guiora combines the expertise of scholars from both eminent law schools and government agencies to provide a valuable resource for scholars and experts researching this important subject area. This annual review provides researchers with more than just an authoritative discussion on the most prominent global justice debates of the day; it also educates researchers on new issues that have received far too little attention in the press and in academia. These expert scholars and leaders tackle and give voice to issues that range from the psychology of terrorism to the role of oil in the Sudanese genocide to the oppression of women in new Arab democracies to transnational environmental cooperation and beyond. Together, the vast knowledge and independent viewpoints represented by these ten authors make this volume, a valuable resource for individuals new to the realm of global justice and for advanced researchers with a sophisticated understanding of the field. Top Ten Global Justice Law Review Articles 2008 serves as a one-stop guidebook on how both the U.S. and the world generally are currently grappling with fundamental principles of social and political life.

As the international community debates the current conflict in Iraq, scholars and legal experts are re-examining lessons learned years ago. This volume includes discussions of the unlawfulness of the 1991 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the lawfulness of the international community response, and the Iraqi arguments made at the time against the military response. Topics covered include alternate enforcement mechanisms and maintaining peace and safety in the region.

The 13 papers contained in this volume analyze the threat of biological terrorism in the United States today. Written by the distinguished members of the Potomac Institute's Counter Biological Terrorism Panel, the papers discuss biological threats in the U.S. and the efforts of the Department of Defense to counter these weapons and the terrorist groups associated with them.

This set includes a wide range of documents from several organizations of the U.S. government and the testimony of individuals in the private sector. Extensive coverage is also provided of the debates surrounding encryption technology, export licensing, civil rights, and privacy issues. Documents are presented from both the theoretical and legislative perspectives alongside technical reports, providing a thorough examination of the full range of 'cyber' threats.

Volume I: State LegislationA collection of state laws (plus laws of the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands) dealing with the threat of international and domestic terrorism - along with a limited number of federal sources. State laws are organized under nine separate headings.Volume II: Terrorism and Federal Laws: Executive Orders, Legislation, Treaties and CasesFocuses on federaldefinitional issues - as well as relevant material including executive orders and presidential documents, legislation, bilateral treaties, international conventions, and court cases, providing a comprehensivecollection of material on U.S. federal legal perspectives.Volume III: Terrorism and Aviation Law: Executive and Legislative Materials, Administrative Regulations and Court CasesTFeatures U.S. documents (such as those originating with the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security), the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. legislation and congressional testimony, and selected U.S. court cases.Volume IV: Terrorism and Aviation Law: Treaties, Documents, and the Pam Am 103 TrialContains selected international treaties, bilateral treaties, foreign aviationlaws, documents of the International Civil Aviation Organization and other intergovernmental bodies, statements by officials and aviation representatives, and foreign court cases. In addition, Volume IV features documentation relevant to the Pan Am 103 Lockerbie trial (U.S. civil cases against Libya, International Court of Justice documents, and various statements and testimony).

This volume highlights the judicial and legislative tug of war over civil liberties and government actions, focusing on the actions of a little known but important court with direct and significant impact on individual freedoms - The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. It explores where this court originated, why it was created, what its track record has been, and what policies it uses to justify expansion of its authority in the post 9/11 arena.

This volume traces the history of the Lockerbie incident through the full text documents associated with the case from the tragic evening of December 21 1988 through the international court conflict. The author argues that prosecuting terrorists in national courts is preferred over international courts and tribunals, using the UK as an example in arranging the Lockerbie trial in another country with judges replacing the jury as the primary fact finders.

In the years since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, government officials, industry experts, and interested citizens have sought to understand what happened, why it happened, and how we can prevent anything similar from ever happening again. Now, in four volumes, readers and researchers can read for themselves the complete, unabridged testimony of the hearings held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, and draw their own conclusions. Each of the twelve hearings is summarized, as is each person's testimony, making it easy to find relevant passages. Specific coverage of each hearing includes a summary of remarks made and issues raised during the hearings and in official statements, biographies of the witnesses testifying before the commission, and official statements filed by key witnesses.

This book brings together in one location the treaties and agreements that the international community has adopted to meet the threat of terrorism. This text includes documentation of twelve international conventions and protocols that cover terrorist acts involving aircraft, the maritime world, nuclear and plastic explosives, bombings, and the financing of terrorist activities. It also includes seven regional internatinal agreements covering terrorism and two draft conventions being considered by the United Nations. Valuable appendices include the status of international conventions pertaining to international terrorism and a brief chronology of significant terrorist incidents from 1961 to 2003.

When the Victims' Compensation Fund was established following the events of 9/11, it set off a series of debates on the logic of compensation for victims of terrorist acts. Why do we generally compensate for injuries, and how do injuries and deaths caused by acts of terrorism differ from those caused by more ordinary means? What criteria should we consider when determining compensation: the financial need or deprivation or the survivors? the negligence of a public or private entity? Professor Marshall Shapo delves into these and other questions as he teases out the lines of the debate to present a framework for future lawmakers faced with shaping compensation programs for terrorist victims.