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"Iranian Economic Sanctions: The Evolving Framework To Prevent Iran From Acquiring Weapons Of Mass Destruction", Jimmy Gurule

Jimmy Gurule

"Iranian Economic Sanctions: The Evolving Framework to Prevent Iran from Acquiring Weapons of Mass Destruction" Professor Gurulé, an internationally known expert in the field of international law and professor at Notre Dame Law School, speaks about the current situation of U.S. economic sanctions on Iran: their effectiveness and growing importance in preventing Iran from acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Sponsor : International Law Society

Policing Terrorists In The Community, Sahar F. Aziz

Sahar F. Aziz

Twelve years after the September 11th attacks, countering domestic terrorism remains a top priority for federal law enforcement agencies. Using a variety of reactive and preventive tactics, law enforcement seeks to prevent terrorism before it occurs. Towards that end, community policing developed in the 1990s to combat violent crime in inner city communities is being adopted in counterterrorism as a means of collaborating with Muslim communities and local police to combat “Islamist” homegrown terrorism. Developed in response to paramilitary policing models, community policing is built upon the notion that effective policing requires mutual trust and relationships among law enforcement and …

The Federal Government’S Ability To Respond To A Major Terrorist Attack: Issues, Concerns And Inadequacies In The Disaster Law Construct, M. Jonathan Gil

Michael J Gil

The cunning and zeal of the world’s terrorist organizations require that this country prepare itself for large-scale disaster relief operations. As it stands, the Stafford Act, as well as federal and local government policies are lacking. The federal government has floundered in past situations, and Americans have died as a result. In order to remedy these shortcomings, the government should take two different stances: hands on, and hands off. The hands-on approach is designed to address the shortfalls of past disaster response and the current system, while the hands-off approach is designed to allow the entire relief operation to operate …

Tax And Terrorism: A New Partnership?, Michelle Gallant

Michelle Gallant

The global chase for terrorist assets has shed light on a link between tax and terrorism. Tax havens have been associated with terrorist finance, identified as potential centres for filtrating terrorist assets and for enabling the cross-border movement of the resources destined for terrorist enterprises. Complex multi-jurisdictional financial transactions have become the venues for the merger of terrorist finance with other mobile capital, its criminally ordained purpose hidden midst the convolutions of international tax and related transactions.

To many the mechanics of tax is an inaccessible subject. It consists of a complex matrix of laws best left to the professional …

The Deeper Challenges Of Global Terrorism: A Democratizing Response, Andrew Strauss, Richard Falk

Andrew L. Strauss

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Capital Punishment In The Age Of Terrorism, David Bruck

David I. Bruck

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