IDEA OF TERRORISM IN COMPARATIVE LAW (FROM REFLECTIONS ON THE DEFINITION AND REPRESSION OF TERRORISM - SEE NCJ-30533)

• NCJ Number: 30540
• Author(s): P LEGROS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Universite Libre de Bruxelles
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: French
• Country: Belgium
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT CONFERENCE, FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS, MARCH 19-20, AND TRANSLATED IN NCJRS INTERNATIONAL SUMMARIES - VOL. 3 (NCJ 57197).

Annotation

THEORETICAL DISCUSSION OF THE POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THE PASSAGE OF SPECIFIC ANTITERRORISM LEGISLATION IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.

Abstract

PROVISIONS COVERING ACTIVITIES OF THE TERRORIST TYPE ARE ORDINARILY PRESENT IN THE CRIMINAL CODES OF ALL NATIONS. WHEN A COUNTRY GOES TO THE TROUBLE OF ENACTING A SPECIAL LAW CONCERNING TERRORISM IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS ALREADY IN THE CRIMINAL CODE, THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS. EITHER THERE IS A DESIRE TO MAKE THE LAW MORE EFFECTIVE THROUGH INTIMIDATION OR CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE ARISEN WHICH MAKE NEW LEGISLATION DESIRABLE, AS IN FRANCE AT THE TIME OF THE STUDENT RIOTS IN MAY 1968 OR IN SPAIN IN CONNECTION WITH THE BASQUE SEPARATIST ACTIVITIES. --IN FRENCH