Choices of law, choices of war.(terrorism and the distinction between crime and war)

From: Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: Feldman, Noah | Copyright information

Is terrorism crime, or is it war? What conceptual framework will or should the United States use to conceptualize its fight against terror? The distinction between crime and war, embodied in international and domestic legal regimes, institutional-administrative divisions, and in such legislation as the Posse Comitatus Act, (1) requires serious rethinking in the light of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. (2) Whether we choose the framework of war, the framework of criminal...

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