The war on terror : the legal dimension /
Examining the legal dimension of the war on terror, James P. Terry carefully explores the myriad juridical concerns that must be addressed in prosecuting a war with few established legal boundaries.
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013] |
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Table of Contents:
- War on terror : the legal dimension
- Legal requirements for unconventional warfare : the operational context
- State-sponsored terrorism : the international political context
- The law of self-defense as applied to the terrorist threat
- The development of rules of engagement
- Use of force by the President : defensive uses short of war
- Covert action and the War on Terror
- Habeas corpus and the detention of enemy combatants
- Torture and the interrogation of detainees
- Federal court or military commission : the dilemma
- The International Criminal Court and the trial of terror-related crimes
- High seas terror and the elimination of piracy
- Outsourcing defense support operations in the War on Terror
- Stabilization operations : addressing post-conflict unrest in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Environmental terrorism : from oil fires to fouling gulf waters
- Defense of critical infrastructure systems from terrorists : computer network defense (CND)
- The legality of attack on foreign infrastructure posing a threat : computer network attack (CNA)
- War powers in the age of terror : the 2011 Libya operation
- The War on Terror and media access
- Future perspectives in addressing terror violence.