Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy

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Victor V. Ramraj, Michael Hor, Kent Roach, George Williams
Cambridge University Press, Jan 12, 2012 - Law
Preventing acts of terrorism remains one of the major tasks of domestic governments and regional and international organisations. Terrorism transcends borders, so anti-terrorism law must cross the boundaries of domestic, regional and international law. It also crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries between administrative, constitutional, criminal, financial, immigration, international and military law, as well as the law of war. This second edition provides a comprehensive resource on how domestic, regional and international responses to terrorism have developed since 2001. Chapters that focus on a particular country or region in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia are complemented by overarching thematic chapters that take a comparative approach to particular aspects of anti-terrorism law and policy.

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About the author (2012)

Victor V. Ramraj is an Associate Professor and former Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs) at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. His research focuses on comparative constitutional law, emergency powers, transnational law and legal theory.

Michael Hor is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore, where he teaches and writes about criminal law, criminal procedure and constitutional due process.

Kent Roach is a Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, where he holds the Prichard–Wilson Chair in Law and Policy. He has served on terrorism-related commissions and task forces and is the author of The 9/11 Effect: Comparative Counter-Terrorism.

George Williams is the Anthony Mason Professor, a Scientia Professor and the Foundation Director of the Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales. As an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, he is engaged in a five-year international project on anti-terror laws and democracy.

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