Legal Issues in the Struggle Against Terror - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159460830X ISBN 13: 9781594608308

Synopsis

More than two decades before the 9/11 attacks, the University of Virginia School of Law established the nation’s first think tank devoted to the study of legal issues affecting U.S. national security. The Center for National Security Law has assembled some of America’s most thoughtful and respected legal experts to address various aspects of the ongoing struggle against terror. From military commissions and the treatment of detainees to the outsourcing of military functions to civilian contractors and the use of civil litigation against terrorists, this remarkable new volume is designed to provide legal scholars, policy makers, and the general public with a serious look at critical legal issues in this unusual armed conflict. Also addressed within the nineteen chapters are the threats of nuclear and biological terrorism and of cyberterrorism, protecting privacy while sharing information with allies and within our own government, and the use of the state secrets privilege to terminate litigation. The volume also includes important chapters on immigration, extradition, rendition, and dealing with “hate propaganda” without violating the First Amendment. This landmark volume is recommended both for classroom use and for general reading by anyone interested in understanding the most important legal controversies in the struggle against terror.

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About the Author

John Norton Moore is the Director of both the Center for Oceans Law and Policy and the Center for National Security Law and is the Walter L. Brown Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. Robert F. Turner is the Associate Director at the Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law.

About this edition

• Publication date: 1709
• ISBN 10: 159460830X
• ISBN 13: 9781594608308
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 580