The expansion of the transnational counterterrorism order after 9/11

Abstract

ABSTRACT The September 11 attacks and other large-scale terrorist attacks of that era catalyzed legal and policy responses by governments around the world that served to augment their respective counterterrorism capabilities and the international legal regimes relating to counterterrorism. The collective effect of international reaction to these terrorist attacks on the transnational legal order as it relates to counterterrorism was significant. This article illuminates the ways in which the specific part of the transnational legal order which governs cross-border counterterrorism – the transnational counterterrorism order – expanded and developed after September 11. To do so, this article explores the concept of normative orders and how they develop. This article then focuses on the transnational counterterrorism order and its thickening through the development of specialized institutions and new legal frameworks. This discussion offers insight into how international, domestic, and transnational criminal frameworks in the post-September 11 era have evolved to better facilitate sustained counterterrorism pressure on terrorist groups.