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11 Conn. J. Int'l L. 1 (1995-1996)
The Legal Meaning of Terrorism for the Military Commander

handle is hein.journals/conjil11 and id is 9 raw text is: CONNECTICUT JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW VOLUME 11 FALL 1995 NUMBER 1 THE LEGAL MEANING OF TERRORISM FOR THE MILITARY COMMANDER by Louis Reng Beres* I. INTRODUCTION ................................... 2 II. WHO IS THE TERRORIST ENEMY? ...................... 2 A. Defining Terrorism as Unlawful Under National or International Law .. ............................ 4 B. The Just Cause and Just Means Requirements ..... 6 C. Threshold Levels of Terrorist Threats .............. 11 D. The Insurgent Organization Requirement .......... 16 E. The Political Violence Requirement .............. 18 III. THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL LAW .................. 19 IV. JURISPRUDENCE AND REALPOLITIK .................... 21 V. CONCLUSION ..................................... 24 A POSTSCRIPT ON THE QUALITY OF TERROR AND THE MILITARY COMMANDER ................................... 25 * Ph.D., Princeton University, 1971. Professor of International Law, Department of Political Science, Purdue University. Professor Beres is the author of fourteen books and several hundred articles dealing with international law and terrorism. His latest book is titled: FORCE, ORDER AND JUSTICE: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN AN AGE OF ATROCrrY (forthcoming 1996).

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