Fighting terrorism through the rule of law?

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 940-966

  Choi, Seung Whan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

democratic institutions; domestic and international terrorism; rule of law

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649582400     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002710371666     Document Type: Article

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