Legal issues in the struggle against terror / edited by John Norton Moore, Robert F. Turner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The legal regime for detainees / David E. Graham -- Military commissions as the forum to prosecute acts of terrorism and other violations of the law of war / John Altenburg -- Habeas corpus and the detention of enemy combatants in the global war on terror / James Terry -- U.S. constitutional issues in the struggle against terror / Robert F. Turner -- National security, litigation, and the state secrets privilege / Robert M. Chesney -- Civil liberties in the struggle against terror / Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker -- Hate propaganda and national security / Robert M. O'Neil -- Civil litigation against terrorism : neglected promise / John Norton Moore -- U.S. intelligence and the war on terror / Frederick P. Hitz -- A new recipe for renditions and extraditions / A. John Radsan -- Homeland security, information policy, and the transatlantic alliance / Stewart A. Baker and Nathan Alexander Sales -- The relations between military and civilian authorities within the United States / Kurt Johnson, Kevin Cieply, and Jeanne Meyer -- Jus ad bellum in the struggle against terror / Walter Gary Sharp, Sr. -- Jus in bello in the struggle against terror / W. Hays Parks -- Legal issues of outsourcing military functions in wartime / M.E. "Spike" Bowman -- The role of immigration policy in the struggle against terror / Margaret D. Stock -- Dealing with the nuclear threat in the struggle against terror / Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. -- Bioviolence : facing the prevention challenge / Barry Kellman -- Cyberterrorism : legal and policy issues / Jeffrey F. Addicott.

More than two decades before the 9/11 attacks, the University of Virginia School of Law established the nation's first think tank devoted to the study of legal issues affecting U.S. national security. The Center for National Security Law has assembled some of America's most thoughtful and respected legal experts to address various aspects of the ongoing struggle against terror. From military commissions and the treatment of detainees to the outsourcing of military functions to civilian contractors and the use of civil litigation against terrorists, this remarkable new volume is designed to provide legal scholars, policy makers, and the general public with a serious look at critical legal issues in this unusual armed conflict. Also addressed within the nineteen chapters are the threats of nuclear and biological terrorism and of cyberterrorism, protecting privacy while sharing information with allies and within our own government, and the use of the state secrets privilege to terminate litigation. The volume also includes important chapters on immigration, extradition, rendition, and dealing with ''hate propaganda'' without violating the First Amendment. This landmark volume is recommended both for classroom use and for general reading by anyone interested in understanding the most important legal controversies in the struggle against terror.