Amos N. Guiora

Amos N. Guiora is professor of law at The S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah. He is a graduate Kenyon College in (1979, Honors in History) and Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1985. [http://www.law.utah.edu/profiles/default.asp?PersonID=6581 Amos N. Guiora] SJ Quinney College of Law]

Guiora teaches Criminal Law, Global Perspectives on Counter-terrorism, Religion and Terrorism and National Security Law.

Guiora is a widely-cited expert on Legal Aspects of Counterterrorism, Terror Financing, International Law, and Morality in Armed Conflict. He explained to the Los Angeles Times that Israel has dropped coercive techniques and now spends months interviewing terrorism suspects and convicts, establishing a rapport with them and then getting them to open up. [ [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-interrogate23dec23,0,7827899.story?page=2&coll=la-headlines-nation CIA should tape more, experts say - Los Angeles Times ] ]

Guiora was formerly a Professor of Law Case Law School. He served in the Israel Defense Forces Judge Advocate General's Corps (Lt. Col. Ret.). He was Commander of the IDF School of Military Law, Judge Advocate for the Navy and Home Front Command, and the Legal Advisor to the Gaza Strip. [ [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-militant14feb14,1,6913782.story Long-sought militant killed in Syria - Los Angeles Times ] ] Guiora was involved in the capture of the Karine A, a PLO weapons ship. [ [http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0929/p07s02-wome.html US eyes Israeli software as training tool for forces in Iraq] Christian Science Monitor, 29 September 2003]

Publications

* Global Perspectives on Counter-terrorism (Aspen)
* Constitutional Limits on Coercive Interrogation (OUP, March 2008)
* Terrorism Primer (Aspen, Fall 2008)
* Annual Review -- Top Ten Global Security Law Review Articles, Vol. I (Oxford University Press, 2008, general editor.
*"Interrogating the Detainees: Extending a Hand or a Boot," University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
* "Using and Abusing Financial Markets: Money Laundering as the Achilles Heel of Terrorism," co-authored with Brian Field, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economics
* "Quirin to Hamdan: Creating a Hybrid Paradigm for Detaining Terrorists," Florida Journal of International Law
* "National Objectives in the Hands of Junior Leaders: IDF Experiences in Combating Terror," co-authored with Martha Minow of Harvard University, in Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century (Praeger Security International, 2007)
* "A Framework for Evaluating Counterterrorism Regulations," with Jerry Ellig and Kyle McKenzie, Mercatus policy Series
* "Transnational Comparative Analysis of Balancing Competing Interests in Counterterrorism," Temple International & Comparative Law Journal
* "Where are Terrorists to be Tried: A Comparative Analysis of Rights Granted to Suspected Terrorists," Catholic University Law Review.

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