A War on Terror?

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. A New Threat

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 12-12

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   2. Introduction

      • Marianne Wade, Almir Maljević

      Pages 1-10

   3. International Terrorism – German Police Perspective: The Current Threat Environment and Counterstrategies from the German Police Perspective

      • Jürgen Stock, Annette L. Herz

      Pages 13-50

   4. Terrorism and the Internet: New Threats Posed by Cyberterrorism and Terrorist Use of the Internet

      • Phillip W. Brunst

      Pages 51-78

3. The International Front

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 80-80

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   2. The Role of the United Nations in the Prevention and Repression of International Terrorism

      • Paul J. Rabbat

      Pages 81-106

   3. The European Union as an Actor in the Fight Against Terrorism

      • Thomas Wahl

      Pages 107-170

   4. Instruments of International Law: Against Terrorist Use of the Internet

      • Ulrich Sieber

      Pages 171-219

   5. Victims of Terrorism Policies: Should Victims of Terrorism Be Treated Differently?

      • Hans-Jörg Albrecht, Michael Kilchling

      Pages 221-241

4. The Law Between War and Crime

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 244-244

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   2. Anti-Terrorism Related Criminal Law Reforms and Human Rights in Slovenia

      • Damjan Korošec, Sabina Zgaga

      Pages 245-259

   3. Extraordinary Renditions – Shadow Proceedings, Human Rights, and ”the Algerian six”: The War on Terror in Bosnia and Herzegovina

      • Almir Maljević

      Pages 261-275

   4. Terrorist Attacks: Criminal Prosecution or National Defence?

      • Wolfgang Hetzer

      Pages 277-303

   5. The Evolution of the Antiterror Legal and Institutional Framework in Croatia

      • Davor Derenčinović

      Pages 305-320

   6. Muslims Communities and Counterterrorism: The Dynamics of Exclusion and Possibilities of Inclusion

      • Tufyal Choudhury

      Pages 321-345

5. Disappearing Rights

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 348-348

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   2. Control Orders: Borders to the Freedom of Movement or Moving the Borders of Freedom?

      • Susanne Forster

      Pages 349-372

   3. Telephone-Tap Evidence and Administrative Detention in the UK

      • John R. Spencer

      Pages 373-400

   4. Fighting Terrorism – the Unprincipled Approach: the UK, the War on Terror and Criminal Law

      • Marianne Wade

      Pages 401-427

Marianne Wade and Almir Maljevi? Although the worries about terrorism paled in comparison to the economic crisis as a topic during the last US election, one can find plenty of grounds to assume that they remain issue number one in the minds of politicians in Europe. As the German houses of Parliament prepare to call in the mediation committee in the discussion of legislation which would provide the Federal Police – thus far mandated purely with the post-facto investigation of crime – with powers to act to prevent acts of terrorism, Spain’s struggle with ETA and the British Government licks its wounds after a resounding defeat of its latest anti-terrorist proposals by the House of Lords, one cannot but wonder whether post 9/11, the Europeans are not even more concerned with terrorism than their US counterparts. A look at media reports, legislative and judicial activities in either Britain or Germany clearly underlines that those two countries are deeply embroiled in anti-terrorist activity. Can it be that Europe is embroiled in the “War on Terror”; constantly providing for new arms in this conflict? Or is it a refusal to participate in the “War on Terror” that fuels a constant need for Parliaments to grapple with the subject; begrudgingly conceding one increasingly draconian measure after the other? The question as to where Europe stands in the “War on Terror” is a fascinating one, but one, which is difficult to answer.

• European national and international anti-terrorist law
• Terrorist
• anti-terrorist secret service action
• costs of anti-terrorist legislation
• cyber-terrorism
• financing terrorism
• human rights
• illegal extradition
• private security
• terrorism
• victims of terrorism
• war/law divide

• Internationales Strafrecht, MPI für Ausländisches und, Freiburg, Germany

  Marianne Wade

• Fac. Criminal Justice Sciences, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

  Almir Maljevic

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