Terrorism and the state: rethinking the rules of state responsibility

1 Introduction -- 2 State Responsibility for Private Acts: The Evolution of a Doctrine -- 3 The Agency Paradigm The Principle of Non Attribution and its -- 4 To Prevent and to Abstain International Obligations of States -- 5 State Responsibility for Private Acts of Terrorism -- 6 The Challenge of Se...

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Main Author: Becker, Tal (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: [Oxford] Hart Publishing 2006
In:Year: 2006
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Summary:1 Introduction -- 2 State Responsibility for Private Acts: The Evolution of a Doctrine -- 3 The Agency Paradigm The Principle of Non Attribution and its -- 4 To Prevent and to Abstain International Obligations of States -- 5 State Responsibility for Private Acts of Terrorism -- 6 The Challenge of September 11th and the Academic Response -- 7 Inadequacies of Existing Approaches to State Responsibility for -- 8 Causation-based Responsibility -- 9 Causation based State Responsibility for Terrorism -- 10 Concluding Observations -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
"Today's terrorists possess unprecedented power, but the State still plays a crucial role in the success or failure of their plans. Terrorists count on governmental inaction, toleration or support. And citizens look to the State to protect them from the dangers that these terrorists pose. But the rules of international law that regulate State responsibility for preventing terrorism were crafted for a different age. They are open to abuse and poorly suited to hold States accountable for sponsoring or tolerating contemporary terrorist activity. It is time that these rules were reconceived. Tal Becker's incisive and ground-breaking book analyses the law of State responsibility for non-State violence and examines its relevance in a world coming to terms with the threat of catastrophic terrorism. The book sets out the legal duties of States to prevent, and abstain from supporting, terrorist activity and explores how to maximise State compliance with these obligations. Drawing on a wealth of precedents and legal sources, the book offers an innovative approach to regulating State responsibility for terrorism, inspired by the principles and philosophy of causation. In so doing, it presents a new conceptual and legal framework for dealing with the complex interactions between State and non-State actors that make terrorism possible, and offers a way to harness international law to enhance human security in a post-9/11 world."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 390 Seiten)
ISBN:9781472563606
DOI:10.5040/9781472563606