9/11 and the Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law
How the UN Security Council Rules the World

Analyzes the multilevel interaction in counter-terrorism measures, focusing on the United Nations, and specifically on the Security Council.

Arianna Vedaschi (Edited by), Kim Lane Scheppele (Edited by)

9781009010146, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 July 2021

320 pages
22.9 x 15 x 1.6 cm, 0.43 kg

'Since 9/11, the UN Security Council has become a global counter-terrorism legislator and actor. This impressive collection provides much needed analysis and critique of how the emergency intervention of the Security Council two decades ago has become normalized. It examines the Security Council's significant and surprising impact on domestic laws and practices targeting terrorism financing, pre-crime, listing, internet censorship and intelligence co-operation.' Kent Roach, author of The 9/11 Effect and Comparative Counter-Terrorism Law

Twenty years after the outbreak of the threat posed by international jihadist terrorism, which triggered the need for democracies to balance fundamental rights and security needs, 9/11 and the Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law offers an overview of counter-terrorism and of the interplay among the main actors involved in the field since 2001. This book aims to give a picture of the complex and evolving interaction between the international, regional and domestic levels in framing counter-terrorism law and policies. Targeting scholars, researchers and students of international, comparative and constitutional law, it is a valuable resource to understand the theoretical and practical issues arising from the interaction of several levels in counter-terrorism measures. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the role of the United Nations Security Council.

Introduction Kim L. Scheppele and Arianna Vedaschi
1. A proposal for a Kantian definition of terrorism: leading the world requires cosmopolitan ethos Martin Scheinin
2. The ever-expanding legislative supremacy of the security council in counter-terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
3. Common template, diverse agendas: the futility (and danger) of legislating for the world Kim L. Scheppele
4. Citizenship deprivation and cosmopolitanism Clive Walker
5. The multilevel governance of emergency in counter-terrorism measures: the 'universalization' of the law of exception? Arianna Vedaschi
6. Moving towards the criminalisation of 'pre-crime' – the UN Security Council's recent legislative action on counter-terrorism Lisa Ginsborg
7. Secret evidence in civil litigation against the government: the lasting impact of UN security council resolution 1373 on due process in Canada and the UK Graham Hudson and Daniel Alati
8. The regulation of intelligence cooperation by international law: a compliance-based theorisation Sophie Duroy
9. Fact and fiction in technology-driven military decision-making: evidence from the us and Israel Shiri Krebs
10. Removing terrorist content online: the intersection between the international, regional and domestic level Chiara Graziani
Appendix: The UN security council and the rule of law Simon Chesterman.

Subject Areas: Terrorism law [LNFV], International organisations & institutions [LBBU], International human rights law [LBBR], Human rights [JPVH], United Nations & UN agencies [JPSN1], International relations [JPS], Social & political philosophy [HPS], General & world history [HBG]