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The Center for Terrorism Law is dedicated to the publication of books, law review articles, monographs and other professional papers on legal issues associated with terrorism. In addition, proceedings from conferences sponsored or co-sponsored by the Center are also available. The Center regularly contributes educational information to the pages of numerous newspapers as well as national and international radio and television broadcasts.

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Books

Terrorism Law: Materials, Cases, Comments, Fifth Ed. By Jeffrey F. Addicott, 8 1/2" x 11" hardcover, 662 pages, ISBN 978-1-933264-64-6.

INTRODUCTION

Be it the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, the Great War or the Cold War, the trends of human history have always been characterized by epochs or eras. While it is sometimes difficult to find the exact chronological line separating one era from the next, some eras are born in a single dramatic event of such enormity that the very date overshadows the general theme of the times. As December 7, 1941, was to the World War II generation, so too was September 11, 2001, to the new era that many believe has now arrived on the stage of history. Arguably, the post-Cold War period has indeed given way to a new time in history labeled by many commentators as the “War on Terror” or alternatively as the “Global War on Terrorism.” Although terrorism is not new, the intensity and frequency of al-Qa’eda and al-Qa’eda-styled terrorism has engulfed the entire civilized world and given rise to new methodologies for combating the rising threat.

Much has changed since the attacks of September 11, 2001—both in law and policy. With the destruction of the al-Qa’eda terror bases in Afghanistan and the removal of the brutal regimes of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein in Iraq, the United States and the world has faced a plethora of legal and policy challenges. Indeed, the central challenge that the United States is facing, as is the rest of the civilized world, is to realistically fight and win the War on Terror under a democratically based rule of law. Clearly, the protection of human rights and civil liberties is a greater obligation in times of war than in times of peace.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 - Defining Terrorism
Chapter 2 - The War on Terror
Chapter 3 - Expanding the War on Terror
Chapter 4 - Civil Liberties and the War on Terror
Chapter 5 - Necessity and Rationale for the Law of War - Lessons from My Lai
Chapter 6 - Interrogation Techniques
Chapter 7 - Contractors on the Battlefield
Chapter 8 - Cyberterrorism
Chapter 9 - A Paradigm for War and Terrorism Avoidance
Chapter 10 - Leading the Way - Pax American or the Rule of Law
Chapter 11 - Civil Litigation
Chapter 12 - Responses to Bioterrorism and the Legal Ramifications


The Global War on Terroism: Assessing the American Response
Contributor: Jeffrey F. Addicott, Chapter 11: "The Role of Special Forces in the War on Terror" .

The war on terror has now completed its second full year. Not only has the United States of America been successful in doing serious damage to the modus operendi of the al Qaeda terror network, American armed forces (with coalition partners) have brillantly won twin military campaigns in Afghanistan (2002) and Saddam Hussein's dictatorship in Iraq (2003)... While all components of the American military deserve recognition for superior accomplishments over the past two years of conflict, no arm of the military has offered more to winning the war on terror than America's Special Operations Forces (SOF). Indeed, SOF has emerged as the premier fighting force in the war on terror...

State Open Government Law and Practice in a Post 9-11 World
Editors: Jeffrey F. Addicott, Loren A. Cochran, Lucy A. Dalglish, Nathan Winegar
This guide was created for a project conducted by the Center for Terrorism Law, St. Mary's University Law School supported by a 2006 "Congressionally-Directed Homeland Defense and Civil Support Threat Information Collection" grant administered by the Air Force Research Laboratory under agreement FA8750-06-1-0243. This guide serves as the focal point for discussion for subject matter experts regarding the State Open Government Law and Practice in a Post-9/11 World: Legal and Policy Analysis symposium held at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., on November 15 and 16, 2007. This text can be downloaded HERE. Additionally, the essays (Selected Essays: State Open Law and Practice in a Post 9-11 World) from which the handbook was based can be obtained HERE.

Articles

• No Torture, No Prosecution, The Jurist, Online Op-Ed (May, 2009)
• Closing Gitmo Would be a Mistake, San Antonio Express News Op-Ed (January, 2009)
• The Political Question Doctrine and Civil Liability for Contracting Companies on the "Battlefield", 13 Tx Rev. L. and Pol. (2008) (with Michael T. McCaul
• The Protect America Act of 2007: A Framework for Improving Intelligence Collection in the War on Terror, The Jurist, Online Op-Ed (May, 2009)
• The Misuse of Religion in the Global War on Terrorism, 7 Barry Law Review 109 (2006).
• The Abu Ghraib Story, 2 IDF Law Review 35 (2006).
• Contractors on the "Battlefield": Providing Adequate Protection, Anti-Terrorism training and Personnel Recovery for Civilian Contractors Accompanying the Military in Combat contingency Operations, 28 Houston Journal of International Law, 323 (2006).
• Terrorism Law, 33 The Reporter 157 (Dec. 2006).
• The Practice of Rendition in the War on Terror, 6 The Long Term View 77 (Spring 2006).
• St. Mary's Center for Terrorism Law, San Antonio Lawyer, July-August 2006, at 12.
• Cyberterrorism: Partnership Between the Private Sector and the Government, The 9th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, July 2005, at 375.
• In Defense of U.S. Counterterror Policies, 9 Peace & Policy 21 (2004).
• Book Review: Law and Bioterrorism, 28 Melbourne University Law Review 253 (2004).
• Into the Star Chamber: Does the United States Engage in the Use of Torture or Similar Illegal Practices in the War on Terror?, 92 Kentucky Law Journal 849 (2003-2004).
• "Proposal for a New Executive Order on Assassination," 37 University of Richmond Law Review 3, March 2003, by Jeffrey F. Addicott.
• Storm Clouds on the Horizon of Darwinism: Teaching the Anthropic Principle and Intelligent Design in the Public Schools, 63 Ohio State Law Journal Review 1508 (2002).
• "Legal and Policy Implications for a New Era: The War on Terror," 4 St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues 2, Spring 2002, by Jeffrey F. Addicott.
  Major DiCenso and Dr. White (from CIAS) co-authored an article on cyber-terrorism exercises for a computer journal for potential publication.
• Building Democracies with Southern Command's Legal Engagement Strategy, 31 Parameters 72 (2001) (with Guy B. Roberts).
• Promoting Human Rights Values in Cuba's Post-Castro Military, 3 Journal of National Security Law 11 (1999) (with Manuel Supervielle).
• Law Fuerzas Especiales y la Promocion de los Derechos Humanos, Dialogo, Apr-June 1997, at 13.
• Human Rights and Special Forces, Special Warfare, Dec. 1996, at 30.
• A Special Forces Human Rights Policy, The Army Lawyer, Sept. 1996, at 47.
• Legal Training Handbook for the Ukrainian Military, The Army Lawyer, July 1995, at 60.
• Institutionalizing Human Rights Values in the Militaries of the New Democracies: The Case of Peru (Doctoral Thesis, Charlottesville, VA 1994).
• Recent Army JAG Corps Initiatives to Enhance Human Rights Training at the School of the Americas, The Army Lawyer, Dec. 1994, at 45.
• Policy Guidance for the Transfer of DoD Installations to the Government of Panama, The Army Lawyer, Oct. 1994, at 68.
• Promoting the Rule of Law and Human Rights, Military Review, Aug. 1994, at 38, (with Andrew M. Warner, reprinted in part as Nuevas Misiones para los Auditores Militares: Promoviendo el Imperio de la Ley en las Fuerzas Armadas de Democracias Emergentes e Inestables, Militar Review Edicion Hispanoamericana, May-June 1994, at 2.
• 25th Anniversary of May Lai: Time to Inculcate the Lessons, 139 Military Law Review 153 (1993) (with William A. Hudson, Jr.).
• Military Medical Witness in Litigation, Military Medicine, Apr. 1993, at 126.
• New Missions for JAGs: Promoting the Rule of Law in Militaries of Emerging Democracies, American Bar Association National Security Law Report, Mar. 1993, at 1 (with Andrew M. Warner).
• JAG Corps Poised for New Defense Missions: Human Rights Training in Peru, The Army Lawyer, Feb. 1993, at 78 (with Andrew M. Warner).
• Lecons du Passe - My Lai, 31 Revue de Droit Militarie et de Droit de la Guerre, 73 (1992), reprinted in part at 139 Military Law Review 153.
• Operation Desert Storm, R.E. Lee or W.T. Sherman?, 136 Military Law Review 115 (1992) reprinted in Command Magazine, July-Aug. 1992, at 38.
• Codification of the Special Forces Exception, The Army Lawyer, May 1992, at 36.
• The Status of the Diplomatic Bag: A Proposed American Position, 13 Houston Journal of International Law 221 (1991).
• The United States of America: Champion of the Rule of Law or the New World order?, 6 Florida Journal of International Law 63 (1990).
• Proceedings of the First Center for Law and Military Operations Symposium, 18-30 April 1990, The Army Lawyer, Dec. 1990, at 47.
• Developing a Security Strategy for Indochina, 128 Military Law Review 35 (1990).

Papers

• Ending Terrorism and War Avoidance in the 21st Century: Some Basic Truths (Addicott Speech)
  
  
• My Lai Massacre (Addicott Speech)
  
  
• Ending Genocide and War Avoidance in the 21st Century: Some Basic Truths  (Addicott Speech)
  
  
• Safety Act: Synopsis  (Paper by Tim Ward, Research Fellow)  )