Legal Issues Counter-Terrorism

Catalog description

This course provides a comprehensive overview of legal issues attendant to international terrorism. In particular, students will examine the War on Terror and the tension between approaches based on criminal law enforcement versus a military or warrior basis. A special emphasis will be placed on the interrelationship between United States law and international law and agreements. The course will address current efforts in counter-terrorism, with special emphasis on recent federal prosecutions for terrorist acts or aiding terrorist organizations. As a Criminal Justice course, this study will include historical and political information and current, relevant information on counter-terrorism objectives and methods.