Московский журнал международного права (Jun 2008)
Conflictological Approach to Constructing International Legal Anti-terror Mechanisms
Abstract
Conflicts are a part of any sphere of social life including the international relations, where terrorism becomes one of the most influential factors. The endeavors to understand terrorism lead to the research of the social conflict of which terrorism is a very acute form. It may serve as social signal for the possibility of a catastrophe as other conflicts cannot realize this positive function of a global conflict.Any endeavors to define terrorism as a usual crime are fruitless if they are not based on the conflictological approach in its political and social aspect. The advantages of such an approach are evident as this helps to see the crisis in which the society delves.The political aspect of the terrorist conflict is expressed through political power. Terrorist conflict is also defined through the methods employed to fight it. But the content of this conflict is determined by the complex system of inter-related phenomena of international life and the actions of the participants of the conflict. Further on the subject and the object of this kind of conflict are being described.The author states that in respect of the global terrorist conflict legal impact is applicable as terrorist conflict can be fully classified in the international law categories that are as a crime according to international law.