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The criminal legal system is at a crossroads. Calls for abolition are met with calls for modest adjustments or maintenance of the status quo. What frequently emerges from these polarities is a promise that police, prosecutors, judges, and other government actors will use their vast discretion to...
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Debate continues as to the transformations in terrorism evidenced by the September 11 attacks and since that time. Some …, including the former U.S. President, point to changes in the nature of terrorism and argue that September 11 constituted a … wholly new form of terrorism that demanded a novel response. Given the prior events of the World Trade Center bombing in 1993 …
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Because of the difficulties of distinguishing friend and foe, security and insecurity, or even war and peace, terrorism …
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A decade after 9/11, the international field of counter-terrorism is now thick with law. But that does not mean that … collision. In this context, this article first assesses the state of international anti-terrorism law in relation to three … determinacy of anti-terrorism law; and the legitimacy of the legal processes and institutions surrounding it. Global anti-terrorism …
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How have UK counter-terrorism laws and policies adapted to the phenomenon of ‘foreign terrorist fighters’? For these … purposes, the focus will be upon persons linked to conflict or terrorism in Iraq and Syria associated with the rise and …
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precursor crimes of terrorism, exploring the functions and implications of these new expanding offences in different … jurisdictions. In response to new forms modes and sources of terrorism, attempts to pre-empt potential attacks through precursor … leading academic and practitioner experts in counter-terrorism law, the book covers the broad scope of activities tackled by …
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The criminal law has assumed a central role in global counter-terrorism efforts since 9/11. This article examines … criminal law responses to terrorism at the national, regional and international levels, including the controversial shift over … time from treating terrorism as ordinary crime (augmented by sector-specific, transnational treaty offences) to …
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This paper analyzes the impact of changes in regulatory priorities and resource allocation on criminal enforcement of white‐collar criminal activities. Using the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a shock to the FBI's priorities and allocation of investigative resources, as well as variation in the...
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This article is a much revised and expanded version of a working paper that I posted a year or so ago. This revised version argues that the war on terror has accelerated the development of a new criminal process and that this new process has increasingly displaced traditional methods of...
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Decision on combating terrorism. Firstly, the question is considered as to what extent this definition contains a requirement …
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