The war on terror the legal dimension / James P. Terry.

Author/creator Terry, James P.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]
Descriptionxiv, 241 pages ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Contents War on terror : the legal dimension -- Legal requirements for unconventional warfare : the operational context -- State-sponsored terrorism : the international political context -- The law of self-defense as applied to the terrorist threat -- The development of rules of engagement -- Use of force by the President : defensive uses short of war -- Convert action and the war on terror -- Habeas Corpus and the detention of enemy combatants -- Torture and the interrogation of detainees -- Federal court or military commission : the dilemma -- The international criminal court and the trial of terror-related crimes -- High seas terror and the elimination of piracy -- Outsourcing defense support operations in the war on terror -- Stabilization operations : addressing post-conflict unrest in Iraq and Afghanistan -- Environmental terrorism : from oil fires to fouling Gulf waters -- Defense of critical infrastructure systems from terrorists : computer network defense (CND) -- The legality of attack on foreign infrastructure posing A threat : computer network attack (CNA) -- War powers in the Age of Terror : the 2011 Libya operation -- The war on teror and media access -- Future perspectives in addressing terror violence.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013004659
ISBN9781442222427 (cloth : alk. paper)

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