The United Nations and terrorism: Rethinking legal tensions between national security, human rights, and civil liberties

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 240-257

  Joyner, Christopher C ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil liberties; Terrorism; United Nations

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS; TERRORISM; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 4043159793     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3577.2004.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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