Terrorism, law and policy : a comparative study
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Terrorism, law and policy : a comparative study
Routledge, 2022
Second edition
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "Terrorism, Law and Policy: A Comparative Study is a textbook offering a comparative study of the terrorism related legislation, policy and practice introduced from international governmental bodies such as the UN and the European Union, and individual states, with a focus on Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US. It offers a uniquely legal perspective on key themes relating to terrorism and security. This new edition is brought fully up to date with the ever-changing developments in terrorist activity, as well as in states' approaches to anti-terrorism legislation and policy. It includes new chapters on the far-right and extreme far-right cause, one on offering a comparative study of the anti-terrorism policies of states and international bodies, and the role of international and national counter-terrorism agencies, planning and preparing acts of terrorism and a new chapter on freedom of expression, hate crime and proscribing groups as terrorist organisations. Terrorism, Law and Policy:
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- Islamist inspired terrorist groups
- Nationalist causes : the ongoing political cause in Northern Ireland
- Far-right and extreme far-right (neo-Nazis)
- Government and international anti-terrorism policies
- Legal definition of terrorism
- Planning acts of terrorism
- Passport and border controls, and statutory measures to deal with foreign fighters
- Statutory preventative measures
- Surveillance of electronic communications
- International terrorism intelligence exchange, Snowden revelations, the courts and data protection
- Handling informers
- Funding terrorism and asset freezing extremism
- Freedom of expression, hate crime and proscribing groups as terrorist organisatons
- Prevent strategies
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Table of Contents
- Part I - Current terrorist threats
- Chapter 1 Islamist-inspired terrorist groups Chapter 2 Nationalist causes: The on-going political cause in Northern Ireland Chapter 3 Far-right and extreme far-right (neo-Nazis) Part II - Government and international bodies anti-terrorism policies and roles of international and national counter-terrorism agencies
- Chapter 4 Inter-governmental and state government anti-terrorism policies Part III - Legal definition of terrorism and statutory powers used in counter-terrorism investigations
- Chapter 5 Legal definition of terrorism Chapter 6 Planning acts of terrorism Chapter 7 Passport and border controls and statutory measures to deal with returning fighters Chapter 8 Statutory preventative measures Chapter 9 Surveillance of electronic communications Chapter 10 International terrorism intelligence exchange, Snowden revelations, the courts and data protection Chapter 11 Handling informants in terrorist investigations Chapter 12 Funding terrorism and asset-freezing Part IV - Extremism, freedom of expression, hate crime and Prevent strategies
- Chapter 13 Extremism and radicalisation Chapter 14 Freedom of expression and hate crime: Analysis looking at the extreme far-right Chapter 15 Prevent strategies
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