Tamar Meisels
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Tamar Meisels is a Professor of Government and Policy in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University
, and a political theorist.
She earned a B.A., L.L.B., and M.A. at Tel Aviv University
, and a Ph.D in Political Theory at Balliol College, Oxford University, in 2000. She works on the political theory of territorial rights, liberal nationalism, and the philosophical questions surrounding war and terrorism.
Meisels is known for advocating a consistent and strict definition of terrorism
, which she defines as "the intentional random murder of defenseless non-combatants, with the intent of instilling fear of mortal danger amidst a civilian population as a strategy designed to advance political ends."
She has written on the complexities of applying international law to terrorists, who are neither soldiers nor civilians.
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
, and a political theorist.
Biography
She is the daughter of Andrew Meisels, who was a foreign correspondent, author, and broadcaster, and Martha Meisels, a consumer affairs reporter for the Jerusalem Post.She earned a B.A., L.L.B., and M.A. at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
, and a Ph.D in Political Theory at Balliol College, Oxford University, in 2000. She works on the political theory of territorial rights, liberal nationalism, and the philosophical questions surrounding war and terrorism.
Meisels is known for advocating a consistent and strict definition of terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
, which she defines as "the intentional random murder of defenseless non-combatants, with the intent of instilling fear of mortal danger amidst a civilian population as a strategy designed to advance political ends."
She has written on the complexities of applying international law to terrorists, who are neither soldiers nor civilians.
Books
- Territorial Rights (2009)
- The Trouble with Terror: Liberty, Security and the Response to Terrorism (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
- "Historical Rights" to Land (1999)
Articles
- "Defining Terrorism–A Typology", Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2009, pp. 331–51
- "Torture and the Problem of Dirty Hands", 21 Can. J. L. & Jurisprudence 149, 2008
- "Combatants–Lawful and Unlawful", Law and Philosophy, Volume 26, Number 1, pp. 31–65 (2007)
- "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism—a Refutation", Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2006, pp. 465–83
- "How Terrorism Upsets Liberty", Political Studies, Volume 53, Issue 1, pp. 162–81, March 2005
- "Targeting Terror", Social Theory and PracticeSocial theory and practiceSocial Theory and Practice is an academic journal founded in 1970 in the United States and is intended to provide a forum for the discussion of theoretical and applied questions in social, political, legal, economic, educational, and moral philosophy, including critical studies of classical and...
, Vol. 30, 2004 - "Can Corrective Justice Ground Claims to Territory?", Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 65–88, March 2003
- "Liberal Nationalism and Territorial Rights", Journal of Applied PhilosophyJournal of Applied PhilosophyThe Journal of Applied Philosophy is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for Applied Philosophy and edited by Suzanne Uniacke . It covers a broad spectrum of issues in environment, medicine, science, policy, law, politics, economics, and education....
, Volume 20, Issue 1, pp. 31–43, January 2003