Modern Terrorism: political and legal contexts |
John Lea (February 2012)This session introduces the current debate concerning terrorism. The session will deal with three questions: (a) what do we understand by terrorism. Should it be dealt with primarily as crime, politics or warfare? (b) how has terrorism changed in recent decades in terms of goals and forms of organisation? (c) what impact has the 'war on terrorism' had on human rights and criminal law in the UK? Key ReadingLutz, B. and Lutz, J. (2006) 'Terrorism' in Allan Collins ed. Contemporary Security Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (this chapter has its own powerpoint presentation here) Strom, K.M. (2011) Terrorism, Democracy and the Apocalyptic Narrative. (Masters thesis, Norwegian Police University College) Further Reading1. The Nature of terrorism in general and the 'new terrorism' in particularBritish Journal of Criminology (special issue on
terrorism) Volume 50, Number 4, July 2010 U.S. Government (2004) The 9/11 Commission Report. Washington DC: US Goverment Printing Office. Executive Summary, full report Hobsbawm, E. (1994). Barbarism: A Users Guide. New Left Review (206), 44-54. Jenkins, B. & Godges, J. (2011) The
long shadow of 9/11 : America's response to terrorism.
Washington DC: Rand Corporation. (scroll down to read) Arquilla, J., Ronfeldt, D., & Zanini, M. (2003). Networks, Netwar and Information-Age Terrorism. In I. Lesser & B. Hoffman (Eds.), Countering the New Terrorism. Washington DC: Rand Corporation. Bruce Hoffman (2008) The
Myth of Grass-Roots Terrorism: Why Osama bin Laden Still
Matters. Foreign
Affairs, May/June 2008 Pisani, F. (2002) 'How
to Fight the Terror Networks'. Le Monde Diplomatique
(June 2002) (citique of Arquilla et al.) Lea, J. (2007) Crime, War and Security. on my website M. Levi (2007) Organised Crime and Terrorism, Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press (chapter 23. pp: 771-809) MI5 (UK Security Service) webpages on international terrorism Mann, M. (2001). Globalization and September 11. New Left Review (new series), 12, 51-72. Mythen, G., & Walklate, S. (2006). Criminology and Terrorism: Which Thesis? Risk Society or Governmentality? British Journal of Criminology, 46, 379-398. Mohamedou, M.-M. (2007). Understanding Al Qaeda: The
Transformation of War. London: Pluto. Burke, J. Allan, P. (2009) 'The Five Ages of Al-Qaida' The Guardian, 11 September (click on the buttons to follow the evolution of Al Qaeda) Anaya-Muñoz, A & Salgado, J. (n.d.) Security
and Human Rights (University of Essex Internet
Encyclopedia of Human Rights) Useful Wikipedia web site on terrorism 2. Terrorism, law and human rightsLord Carlisle Q.C. (2010) Review of the Operation of the Terrorism legislation. London: Home Office (a large and detailed annual review of the working of anti-terrorist legislation over the previous year) HM Government (2011) Review
of Counter-Terrorism and Security Powers (Cm8004).
London: The Stationary Office (The Coalition government's review
of the existing anti-terrorism legislation and recommendations
for change) C. Pantazis and S. Pemberton (2009) From the ‘Old’ to the ‘New’ Suspect Community: Examining the Impacts of Recent UK Counter-Terrorist Legislation. British Journal of Criminology 49: 646-666 Phillips, Lord Chief Justice (2006) Terrorism
and Human Rights. Speech to 68th Plenary Session
of the European Commission For Democracy Through Law.
Strasbourg. Policing Journal (special issue) Policing Terrorism (2007) special issue on (all articles free to read online) International Affairs (July 2010) special issue on
terrorism. In particular, the articles by Croft & Moore;
Hemming; Briggs (available through UoBrighton online library
resources - you need your password) Biglino, Irene (2002) Anti-terrorism Legislation in Britain. London: Liberty E. Manningham-Buller (2005) 'The International Terrorist Threat and the Dilemmas in Countering It' London: MI5 Blick, A., Choudhury, T., & Weir, S. (2006). The Rules of the Game: Terrorism, Community and Human Rights. York: Joseph Rowntree Trust Chalk, P., & Rosenau, W. (2004). Confronting "the Enemy Within": Security Intelligence, the Police, and Counterterrorism in Four Democracies. Washington DC: Rand Corporation. (especially chapter 2 on the UK) online at the RAND website Fitzpatrick, J. (2003). Speaking Law to Power: The War Against Terrorism and Human Rights. European Journal of International Law, 14(2), 241 Hornqvist, M. (2004). The birth of public order policy. Race and Class, 46(1), 30–52 Lea, J. (2005) Terrorism, Crime and the Collapse of Civil Liberties on my website Vaughan, B., & Kilcommins, S. (2007). The Europeanization of Human Rights: An Obstacle to Authoritarian Policing in Ireland. European Journal of Criminology, 4(4), 437-460. Moran, J. (2005). State power in the war on terror: A comparative analysis of the UK and USA. Crime, Law and Social Change, 44(4), 335-359. Walker, C. (2005). Intelligence and anti-terrorism legislation in the United Kingdom. Crime, Law and Social Change, 44(4), 387-422. Steinert, H. (2003) The indispensible Metaphor of War. Theoretical
Criminology, 7(3), 265-291. Sengupta, K. (2010). Head
of armed forces says victory over al-Qa'ida is not possible.
The Independent (15 November) Zedner, L. (2005). Securing Liberty in the Face of Terror: Reflections from Criminal Justice. Journal of Law And Society 32(4), 507-33. Zedner, L. (2009) Security, London: Routledge Goold,B & Lazarus, L. (eds.) (2007) Security and Human
Rights. Oxford: Hart Publishing Wikipedia sites on UK terrorism legislation (NB: wikipedia pages are written by lay contributers): 2001 Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act; 2005 Prevention of Terrorism Act; Terrorism Act 2006 Guardian
newspaper website on global
terrorism, and UK security |