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Articles 1 - 11 of 11
Full-Text Articles in Law and Politics
Trial Of The Accused Taliban And Al Qaeda Operatives Captured In Afghanistan And Detained On A U.S. Military Base In Cuba, Jaime Jackson
Trial Of The Accused Taliban And Al Qaeda Operatives Captured In Afghanistan And Detained On A U.S. Military Base In Cuba, Jaime Jackson
ExpressO
A timely piece proposing solutions for issues certain to be raised in the upcoming trials of the accused Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives captured in Afghanistan and detained on a U.S. military base in Cuba. In the article, I begin by examining the history and jurisdiction of Article I and Article III courts and then address the history and structure of the Al Qaeda and Taliban regimes. After considering the Constitution, federal statutes, politics, and geographical limitations, I conclude that Al Qaeda detainees should be tried in Article III courts under terrorism statutes and Taliban detainees, as military combatants, should …
Trends. Suicidal Terrorism And The Death Penalty, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Suicidal Terrorism And The Death Penalty, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses why an established death penalty for terrorists who would, by their own actions, suicide might be appropriate.
Barbarians At The Gates: A Post-September 11th Proposal To Rationalize The Laws Of War, William C. Bradford
Barbarians At The Gates: A Post-September 11th Proposal To Rationalize The Laws Of War, William C. Bradford
ExpressO
My article, Barbarians at the Gates: A Proposal to Rationalize the Laws of War. The piece proposes that in the War on Terror a new approach to the laws of war is necessary to harmonize the functional purpose of the law of war with the nature of the threat presented by terrorism to civilization.
Proposal For A New Executive Order On Assassination, Jeffrey F. Addicott
Proposal For A New Executive Order On Assassination, Jeffrey F. Addicott
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Assassination, The War On Terrorism, And The Constitution, Rodney A. Smolla
Assassination, The War On Terrorism, And The Constitution, Rodney A. Smolla
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Targeted Killing And Assassination: The U.S. Legal Framework, William C. Banks, Peter Raven-Hansen
Targeted Killing And Assassination: The U.S. Legal Framework, William C. Banks, Peter Raven-Hansen
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Reporting On Terrorism: Choosing Our Words Carefully, Jeffrey A. Dvorkin
Reporting On Terrorism: Choosing Our Words Carefully, Jeffrey A. Dvorkin
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
It's Not Really "Assassination": Legal And Moral Implications Of Intentionally Targeting Terrorists And Aggressor-State Regime Elites, Robert F. Turner
It's Not Really "Assassination": Legal And Moral Implications Of Intentionally Targeting Terrorists And Aggressor-State Regime Elites, Robert F. Turner
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Manual De Derecho Procesal Civil, Edward Ivan Cueva
Manual De Derecho Procesal Civil, Edward Ivan Cueva
Edward Ivan Cueva
No abstract provided.
War: Rhetoric And Norm-Creation In Response To Terror, Tawia Baidoe Ansah
War: Rhetoric And Norm-Creation In Response To Terror, Tawia Baidoe Ansah
Faculty Publications
Everything is very simple in war," said Carl von Clausewitz, "but the simplest thing is difficult." This essay will suggest that the resort to the language of war, as "natural" and "starkly simple" as it is, nevertheless has a profound impact on how the law's intervention is shaped, or how the laws governing the transnational use of force are interpreted to accommodate a "war" on terrorism. I argue that although "war" is absent from the principal international legal instruments by which states are guided (and obligated) in their relations with other states, the concepts suppressed by this elision have an …
Preventive Detention: Prisoners, Suspected Terrorists And Permanent Emergency, Jules Lobel
Preventive Detention: Prisoners, Suspected Terrorists And Permanent Emergency, Jules Lobel
Articles
Central to the United States government’s strategy after the September 11th attacks has been a shift from punishing unlawful conduct to pre-empting possible or potential dangers. This strategy threatens to undermine fundamental principles of both constitutional law and international law which prohibit certain government action based on mere suspicion or perceived threat. The law normally requires that the government wait until a person or nation has committed or is attempting to commit a criminal act before it may employ force in response. The dangers of a policy of preventive detention have been analyzed from a number of perspectives. Historians have …