Enforcing international law norms against terrorism
- ISBN: 9781841134307
- Editorial: Hart Publishing
- Fecha de la edición: 2004
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Colección: Studies in International Law
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 549
- Idiomas: Inglés
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 community's 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.