Now showing items 76-80 of 96

    • Legislating for terrorism: the Philippines’ Human Security Act 2007 

      Eadie, Pauline E. (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2011-11-11) - Journal article
      In February 2007 the Philippine Senate passed the Human Security Act (HSA) otherwise known as Republic Act No. 9372: An Act to Secure the State and Protect our People From Terrorism. Philippine Senate Minority Leader ...
    • Terrorist threat construction and the transition to permanent British counterterrorism law 

      Fisher, Kathryn (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2011-11-11) - Journal article
      After over two decades of renewing temporary counterterrorism laws in Britain from the early 1970s, making such measures permanent with the Terrorism Act 2000 was not necessarily a predictable or predetermined outcome. The ...
    • Paving the way for extremism: how preventing the symptoms does not cure the disease of terrorism 

      Awan, Imran (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2011-11-11) - Journal article
      The British government’s controversial counter-terrorism strategies and policies have come under fierce opposition with critics arguing it has not actually prevented extremism but has manifested itself into a political and ...
    • In the face of an emergency: what makes a responsive and resilient society? 

      Walters, Montine L. (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2012-07-10) - Journal article
      This article intends to highlight the ways in which the response required to deal with terrorist threats of the 21st Century differs from that required to respond to threats the UK has faced in the past. In addition it ...
    • The creation of a contagious H5N1 influenza virus: implications for the education of life scientists 

      Novossiolova, Tatyana; Minehata, Masamichi; Dando, Malcolm (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2012-06-10) - Journal article
      The paper contends that the ongoing controversy surrounding the creation of a contagious H5N1 influenza virus has already exposed the severe limitations of the possibility of preventing the hostile misuse of the life ...