TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wellman,Carl
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Terrorism and Counterterrorism: A Moral Assessment 
T2  - SpringerBriefs in Law,
SN  - 9789400760073
AV  - K201-487 
U1  - 340.1 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Dordrecht
PB  - Springer Netherlands, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Law
KW  - Religion
KW  - Political theory
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Criminology
KW  - Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History
KW  - Criminology & Criminal Justice
KW  - Religious Studies, general
KW  - Political Theory
N1  - 1.What is Terrorism? -- 2.Why is Terrorism Wrong? -- 3.How Could Terrorism be Justified? -- 4.International Responses -- 5.State Responses -- 6.Moral Limits on State Responses -- Index
N2  - This book presents a definition of terrorism that is broad and descriptive and much needed to prevent misunderstanding. The book identifies the features that make terrorism ‘wrong’, including coerciveness, the violation of rights and undermining of trust. Next, it evaluates reasons given for terrorism such as the protection of human rights and the liberation of oppressed groups as not normally justified. Following this, the book identifies and evaluates international responses to terrorism, taking into account General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, United Nations conventions and criminalization in international law. It also looks at national responses which often take the shape of surveillance, detention, interrogation, trials, targeted killings, intrusion and invasion. Finally, the book discusses how, if at all, the moral norms of personal morality apply to the actions of nation states
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6007-3
ER  -