Terrorism, Tort Law and Insurance

About this book

We are aware that there is a legal discussion about the term "terrorism" and, for the purpose of this project, we would like to adopt Alex P. Schmid's "Academic Consensus Definition", which is also proposed by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime as a basis for the analysis*: "Terrorism is an anxiety-inspiring method of repeated violent action, employed by (semi-) clandestine individual, group or state actors, for idiosyncratic, criminal or political reasons, whereby - in contrast to assassination - the direct targets of violence are not the main targets.