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LEGAL ASPECTS OF TERRORISM (FROM INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND WORLD SECURITY, 1975 BY DAVID CARLTON AND CARLO SCHAERF - SEE NCJ-36910)

NCJ Number
36913
Author(s)
G SLIWOWSKI
Date Published
1975
Length
9 pages
Annotation
THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL ATTEMPTS TO GIVE PRECISION TO LEGAL NOTION OF TERRORISM AGREEABLE TO ALL STATES, DISCUSSING PROBLEMS ARISING OVER THE ISSUES OF ASYLUM FOR POLITICAL OFFENDERS AND EXTRADITION.
Abstract
THE CREATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IS PROPOSED TO OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTY WHICH SOME STATES HAVE CREATED BY GRANTING ASYLUM TO TERRORISTS WHO HAVE NO RIGHT TO CLAIM THE EXCEPTION OF POLITICAL OFFENSE.