Principles of Counter-Terrorism Law
Authors:
Gurule, Jimmy / Corn, Geoffrey S.
Edition:
1st
Copyright Date:
2011
- Publication Date: December 20th, 2010
- ISBN: 9780314205445
- Subject: Terrorism
- Series: Concise Hornbook Series
- Type: Hornbook Treatises
- Description: The book examines the military and law enforcement responses to international terrorism. Subjects include the legal authority to use military force; determining when the law of armed conflict comes into force; the law of targeting and how this authority is applied to terrorist operatives; preventive detention; prosecution of terrorists by military commission; the legal framework for gathering counter-terrorism intelligence information; prosecuting terrorists and their sponsors; freezing terrorist assets; and civil liability for personal injury or death caused by acts of international terrorism.