1st Edition

Terrorism and International Law

Edited By Maurice Flory, Rosalyn Higgins Copyright 1997
396 Pages
by Routledge

396 Pages
by Routledge

396 Pages
by Routledge

The proliferation in terrorist activity has provoked an increase in the body of law, both at national and international level, which has sought to counter and prevent it. The bodies involved in this process range from the UN Security Council to government legislatures. This book is the first to address, in one volume, the wide variety of responses to terrorism as they exist in both international... Read more
Preface Part I Introductory 1 The economic analysis of terrorism 2 The general international law of terrorism 3 International law: an instrument to combat terrorism Part II Cooperation against terrorism 4 International cooperation against terrorism and the development of international law principles of jurisdiction 5 Legal aspects of terrorism at sea 6 Cooperation between Member States of the European Community in the fight against terrorism Part III French and British responses 7 Managing terrorism the British way 8 France’s responses to terrorism 9 Terrorism and extradition: a British perspective 10 Terrorism and extradition: a French perspective Part IV The limits of State action 11 International action against State terrorism 12 The jurisprudence of the European Commission and Court of Human Rights with regard to terrorism 13 The rights of victims and liability of the State

Biography

Rosalyn Higgins has been a Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics and is currently a member of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Maurice Flory is Emeritus Professor of International Law at the University of Aix-en-Provence.