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The War On Terror & Vigilante Federalism, Maryam Jamshidi

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Excavating The Forgotten Suspension Clause, Helen Norton

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Under Attack: Terrorism Risk Insurance Regulation, Alexia Brunet Marks

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Scholarly debates over the September 11th attacks focus predominantly on high-profile issues, such as torture, preventive detention, interrogation, privacy, and surveillance. These debates have overshadowed the equally important and far-reaching issue of terrorism risk insurance, which not only involves billions of dollars, but provides powerful incentives to keep us safe. Developing a sound understanding of the market for terrorism risk insurance is essential to guiding the difficult determination of the appropriate balance between private and public responsibility for preventing and (when necessary) compensating for terrorism.

The attacks of September 11th represented one of the costliest insurance events in American history. …

Terrorism As An International Crime: Questions Of Responsibility And Complicity, Sompong Sucharitkul

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Terrorism is a phenomenon in the contemporary world which occupies the attention of the international community. Terrorism as an international crime is readily more comprehensible and susceptible of clearer definition than sheer acts of terrorism by whomsoever performed. This paper is confined to questions of responsibility and complicity in connection with terrorism as an international crime, whatever the definition is ultimately adopted of "terrorism," and whatever the meaning to be ascribed to an "international crime."

Outline Of A Talk On The Problem Of Jurisdiction In The Context Of International Terrorism, Sompong Sucharitkul

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