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30 T. Jefferson L. Rev. 525 (2007-2008)
Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Terrorism

handle is hein.journals/tjeflr30 and id is 529 raw text is: THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE AND TERRORISM Edgardo Rotman* INTRODUCTION Terrorist violence perpetrated by states, non-state actors, individuals, or , private groups jolts elementary human consciousness.' Most shocking is the arbitrary murder of uninvolved parties for the sake of propaganda! In addition, terrorism grievously affects survivors, victims' families, the community in general, and even the terrorists themselves. Therapeutic jurisprudence attempts to use the law as a therapeutic agent.3 For this purpose, it has developed a strong interdisciplinary component that has broadened understanding of law's social impact.' This understanding is particularly * Edgardo Rotman, LL.B., LL.M., Ph.D., J.D., as Senior Lecturer in International and Comparative Law at the University of Miami School of Law, teaches courses in Comparative Criminal Law and International Criminal Law and is author of numerous publications on both subjects in books and leading European, Latin American, and American law journals. For invaluable suggestions, I wish to thank Susan Hack and David Abraham. I am indebted to Anna Mance, Megan Haas, Jessica Shore, and Aisling McAllister for their effective legal assistance. In addition, Aisling McAllister, under considerable time pressure, used great effort and skill to help assemble the final manuscript. 1. L. AL! KHAN, A THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: UNDERSTANDING ISLAMIC MILITANCY 1 (2006). 2. Edgardo Rotman, The Response of International Criminal Law to the Challenge of Terrorism, in Du MONDE PItNAL-MtLANGES EN L'HONNEUR DE PIERRE-HENRI BOLLE 359, 361 (Piermarco Zen-Ruffinen ed., 2006). 3. Bruce J. Winick defines therapeutic jurisprudence as the study of law's healing potential. Bruce J. Winick, Applying the Law Therapeutically in Domestic Violence Cases, 69 UMKC L. REv 33, 33 (2000). On the basic meaning of therapeutic jurisprudence, see Bruce J. Winick, The Jurisprudence of Therapeutic Jurisprudence, in LAW IN A THERAPEUTIC KEY 645, 646 (David B. Wexler & Bruce J. Winick eds., 1996). 4. Roberto P. Aponte Toro, Sanity in International Relations: An Experience in Therapeutic Jurisprudence, 30 U. MIAMI INTER-AM. L. REv. 659, 660 (1999).