NCJ Number
20569
Journal
ETUDES INTERNATIONALES DE PSYCHO-SCIOLOGIE CRIMINELLE Issue: 20-21-22-23 Pages: 1971-72,P 15-17
Date Published
1972
Length
3 pages
Annotation
THIS SOCIOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS OF TERRORISM DEFINES TERRORISTS AS THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO, BY THEIR ACTIONS, PLACE THEMSELVES OUTSIDE THE ESTABLISHED LEGAL ORDER.
Abstract
USING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF THE NETHERLANDS DURING WAR TWO AS AN EXAMPLE, THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT, IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT IS TERMED 'TERORISM' IS, IN FACT, 'COUNTER-TERRORISM' - A REACTION AGAINST A FAILURE TO OBSERVE THE LEGAL ORDER. THUS, WHEN THE OCCUPATION GOVERNMENT VIOLATED PROVISIONS OF A 1907 CONVENTION ON THE RULES OF WAR, THE OCCUPIED POPULATION WERE NO LONGER OBLIGED TO ACCEPT THE LEGAL ORDER THAT HAD BEEN IMPOSED. --IN FRENCH...ELW