The Long Decade ─ How 9/11 Changed the Law

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 precipitated significant legal changes over the ensuing ten years, a "long decade" that saw both domestic and international legal systems evolve in reaction to the seemingly permanent threat of international terrorism. At the same time, globalization produced worldwide insecurity that weakened the nation-state's ability to monopolize violence and assure safety for its people.

The Long Decade: How 9/11 Changed the Law contains contributions by international legal scholars who critically reflect on how the terrorist attacks of 9/11 precipitated these legal changes. This book examines how the uncertainties of the "long decade" made fear a political and legal force, challenged national constitutional orders, altered fundamental assumptions about the rule of law, and ultimately raised questions about how democracy and human rights can cope with competing security pressures, while considering the complex process of crafting anti-terrorism measures.

David Jenkins is an Associate Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Copenhagen School of Law. His area of specialization is comparative constitutional law, with a focus on security issues. He is an attorney-at-law in the United States, earning his J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law and his research doctorate through the McGill University Institute of Comparative Law.

Amanda Jacobsen is a Research Fellow at the University of Copenhagen. Her areas of specialization are international human rights law and U.S. Constitutional law, and her specific research interests are information access and national security laws. She is licensed to practice law in the United States and earned her J.D. from Duke University. As a practicing attorney, she is habeas counsel for a former-CIA and current Guantanamo prisoner. She has been consulted by, among others, the Open Society Justice Initiative, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the WikiLeaks media organization. She also previously worked as a legal researcher at the UNICTR and as a government contract litigator in Washington, D.C.

Anders Henriksen is an Associate Professor of International Law and Director of the Centre for International Law and Justice at the University of Copenhagen School of Law. Professor Henriksen specializes in international law, while focusing on the regulation of interstate use of force and the laws of war. He has previously worked for the Danish Institute for Military Studies.