Transnational Terrorism and State Accountability

Reviews / Votes

Thorough, well-researched and cogent, Vincent-Joel Proulx makes a compelling case for applying a strict-liability standard that would require states to respond to terrorist activities. -- Kienan D. Christianson * ASIL Cables Website * Cette these, particulierement convaincante et bien defendue, est construite de maniere lineaire et logique ... Tout au long de l'ouvrage, Proulx a su defendre de maniere solide et coherente son modele de responsabilite indirecte, qui constitue une nouvelle approche fort interessante au probleme de plus en plus complexe que pose la lutte contre le terrorisme moderne en droit international. La bibliographie de cet ouvrage est d'autant plus impressionnante ... C'est ainsi que Proulx nous offre un point de vue enrichissant et eclairant sur le probleme du terrorisme moderne a l'egard du droit international. -- Vincent Lanctot-Fortier * Revue quebecoise de droit international * ... the original conceptual perspective adopted by Vincent-Joel Proulx in his recent monograph Transnational Terrorism and State Accountability: A New Theory of Prevention, coupled with impressively rich research and sharp legal analysis, constitutes a significant contribution to the field. What Proulx offers in the nearly 350 pages of his fascinating monograph is no less than a radical but delicate re-conceptualization of the fundamentals of the law of state responsibility in order to better accommodate the complex, multi-faceted, and grave threat that terrorism currently poses to the international community ... Proulx's book is beyond any doubt an avant-garde reading of the law of state responsibility. Transnational Terrorism and State Accountability: A New Theory of Prevention is a remarkable intellectual exercise, rich in both extensive factual coverage and legal analysis. It is to be recommended to anyone with an interest in the role of international law in a constantly changing international universe, the interplay between new actors and phenomena, and the challenges they pose for traditional legal rules and conceptual paradigms. -- Michail Risvas * The Canadian Yearbook of International Law * This work is a noteworthy contribution to the existing literature mainly through its proposal for a "strict-liability infused model" in connection with states' indirect responsibility for failing to abide by their counter-terrorism obligations ... Transnational Terrorism and State Accountability: A New Theory of Prevention is a remarkably ambitious work that is both meticulous in its research in many aspects and engages to a large extent with both the legal and policy issues involved in its arguments. Any issue that one may take with the book should not detract from the overall progressive nature of its central propositions, which can only trigger further discussion and debate. Such contributions to tackling enormously complex issues such as preventing transnational terrorism should be welcomed and the current reviewer would encourage academics of various disciplines, practitioners and, perhaps most importantly of all, policy makers, to engage with these particular ones. -- Christian Henderson * Cambridge Law Journal *