"Acts of international terrorism, such as the atrocities committed on 11 September 2001 ('9/11') and others since then, highlight the critical importance of the international rule of law and the terrible consequences of its disregard. Ultimately, however, the impact of such atta…
"On September 11, 2001, while America reeled from the day's cataclysmic events, and the majority of official Washington, D.C. - including most of the Justice Department - evacuated, John Yoo and a skeletal staff of the Office of Legal Counsel stayed behind. They quickly found th…
Just six weeks after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Congress overwhelmingly approved the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act, better known by its a…
Must We Fight Terrorism with terror, match assassination with assassination, and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect public safety? In the age of terrorism, the temptations of ruthlessness can be overwhelming. But we are pulled in the other direction…
Must We Fight Terrorism with terror, match assassination with assassination, and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect public safety? In the age of terrorism, the temptations of ruthlessness can be overwhelming. But we are pulled in the other direction…
This book examines the underlying the processes underlying persistent criminal careers. The book investigates criminal recidivism, and why, and for how long an individual continues to commit crimes, whist also reviewing knowledge about risk assessment and the role of psychopathy…
"By illuminating the material and managerial considerations involved in developing the counter-terrorism approaches deployed in London, this book contributes to the current debate about terrorism and urbanism against the context of new security challenges facing western nations …
'Terrorism, Risk and the City' was published at a time (2003) when London, and many other global cities, were coming to terms with the expanded threat of international terrorism they faced. The book offered a historical as well as contemporary account of the physical, financial …
by Bianchi, Andrea, Keller, Alexis
fromStudies in international law
"The twenty-first century will be defined by the fight against the scourges of poverty, inequality, and the threat of environmental collapse - as the fight against slavery or for universal suffrage defined earlier eras. From Poverty to Power argues that it requires a radical red…
"This is an original empirical and theoretical study of the use of law to secure land tenure in the face of poverty, urban and peri-urban growth and changing social structures. How easy is it to replace customary law with individual land rights?; is this the road of poverty redu…
