NCJ Number
140261
Date Published
1992
Length
477 pages
Annotation
This analysis of laws, administrative initiatives, and executive measures to combat terrorism in selected Western European countries highlights the similarities between the common law and civil law systems and concludes that a sound basis exists for a unified anti-terrorist response through a single European jurisdiction, despite the current lack of commitment to such an approach by the members of the European Economic Community.
Abstract
The discussion focuses on the history and current nature of counter-terrorist tactics in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. It explains the nature and role of interment and exclusion orders in the United Kingdom and of their equivalents in the continental legal systems. The powers related to arrest and detention, information gathering, and accomplice evidence are also examined, as are the roles of the court systems of the individual countries. International cooperation, institutions, and responses through the Council of Europe and the European Economic Community are also discussed. The analysis concludes that it is possible to combine effective international measures to deal with terrorism with proper safeguards and that a sound basis for progressive change exists. Footnotes, index, and more than 500 references