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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827878303321

Autore

Hasian Marouf Arif, Jr.

Titolo

A Postcolonial Critique of the Linde et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC "Terrorism" Bank Cases / / by Marouf Hasian, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015

ISBN

1-137-57403-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

355

Soggetti

Politics and war

International relations

Terrorism

Political violence

Political science

Conflict of laws

Military and Defence Studies

International Relations

Terrorism and Political Violence

Political Science

Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law

Case studies.

Trials, litigation, etc.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Half-Title ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Acknowledgments                      ; 1 Appreciating the Significance of the Linde et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC "Terrorism" Bank Cases                                                                                                   ; 2 A Critical Genealogical Study of 19th and 20th-Century Colonial and Imperial Concerns about the Financing of Terrorism

3 A Critical Reading of the Passage of the 1990 Anti-Terrorism Act and the Filing of the Linde et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC Cases                                                                                                                                    4 A Critical Review of the Linde Plaintiffs' Framing of the Role that



Financial Institutions Played in the Rise of Hamas, 2000 to 2014

5 Situational Factors and the Defense's Framing of Banking Innocence in the Linde et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC Cases                                                                                                                       6 Conclusion - The Lingering Influence of the Linde et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC Cases                                                                                         ; Bibliography                   ; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides readers with a postcolonial reading of the case of Linde et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC, and argues that American courtrooms are being used by rhetors to tell Anglo-American stories about Hamas, the causes of the Second Intifada, and the importance of 'drying up' terrorist financing.