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Programs for the Topic ‘War Crimes’


Wednesday, October 26th, 2011


Is Terrorism Worth Defining?

Michael P. Scharf, JD, John Deaver Drinko – Baker and Hostetler Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Monday October 26, 2011, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Case Downtown Lectures series sponsored by the Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Professor Michael Scharf discusses the problem of defining “terrorism” which has vexed the international community for decades. The United Nations General Assembly has repeatedly called for the convening of an international conference to define terrorism and distinguish it from legitimate acts in furtherance of national liberation struggles.

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