Terrorism and the non-State actor after September 11: The role of law in the search for security

“9·11”事件引发了人们对前所未有的全球恐怖主义威胁的不同法律回应。这个项目将弥补对最近的反恐法律缺乏综合法律和社会科学观点的分析。结合国际法和刑法、犯罪学和社会心理学的观点，该项目将探讨这些发展对公认的法律类别构成的挑战；围绕例外论作为新法律正当性的辩论；它们意想不到的附带后果；以及公众对新安全措施的态度。这项研究将加强对当前对恐怖主义反应的理解，并为政策分析和关于未来适当反应的公开辩论提供信息。

September 11 elicited diverse legal responses to a perceived threat of unprecedented global terrorism. This project will redress the dearth of analysis integrating legal and social-scientific perspectives on recent anti-terrorism laws. Combining perspectives from international and criminal law, criminology and social psychology, the project will explore the challenges these developments pose to accepted legal categories; debates around exceptionalism as a justification for new laws; their unintended and collateral consequences; and public attitudes to new security measures. The research will enhance understanding of current reactions to terrorism and inform policy analysis and public debate over appropriate future responses.