Amos N. Guiora
Professor Law
Co-Director, Center for Global Justice
Amos Guiora is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Global Justice at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, the University of Utah. Guiora who teaches Criminal Procedure, International Law, Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism and Religion and Terrorism incorporates innovative scenario-based instruction to address national and international security issues and dilemmas.
Guiora is a Member of the American Bar Association’s Law and National Security Advisory Committee; a Research Associate at the University of Oxford, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict; a Research Fellow at the International Institute on Counter-Terrorism, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzylia, Israel; a Corresponding Member, The Netherlands School of Human Rights Research, University of Utrecht School of Law.
Professor Guiora has published extensively both in the U.S. and Europe on issues related to national security, limits of interrogation, religion and terrorism, the limits of power, multiculturalism and human rights. He is the author of Legitimate Target: A Criteria Based Approach to Targeted Killing; Freedom from Religion: Rights and National Security (first and second editions); Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism (first and second editions), Fundamentals of Counterterrorism, Constitutional Limits on Coercive Interrogation, Homeland Security: What is it and Where is it Going; Extremism: What is it and What Dangers Does it Pose (2013, forthcoming); Geo-Politics and Security: Sovereignty, Intervention and the Law (2013, forthcoming).
Professor Guiora has received grants from both the Stuart Family Foundation and the Earhart Foundation and was awarded a Senior Specialist Fulbright Fellowship for The Netherlands in 2008. He served for 19 years in the Israel Defense Forces as Lieutenant Colonel (retired), and held a number of senior command positions, including Commander of the IDF School of Military Law and Legal Advisor to the Gaza Strip.
Professor Guiora was awarded the S.J. Quinney College of Law Faculty Scholarship Award, 2011.
Scholarship Highlights
Books
First Amendment and National Security, Lexis-Nexus (forthcoming 2015)
Legitimate Target: A Criteria-Based Approach to Targeted Killing (Oxford Univ. Press, 2013)
Geopolitics and Security: Sovereignty, Intervention, and the Law, Taylor and Francis (forthcoming 2013)
Targeted Killing and the Law (Oxford University Press forthcoming 2013)
Tolerating Extremism? Preferring National Security Rights or Indicidual Rights, Oxford University Press, (forthcoming 2013)
Homeland Security: What Is It and Where Are We Going? (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Publishers 2011)
Freedom from Religion: Rights and National Security (Oxford Univ. Press 2009)(paperback edition 2011, 2nd revised and enlarged edition 2012)
General Editor, Annual Review - Top Ten Global Justice Law Review Articles, Vol II (Oxford Univ. Press, 2009)
Annual Review - Top Ten Global Justice Law Review Articles, Vol I (Oxford University Press 2008)
Fundamentals of Counterterrorism (Aspen Publishers 2008)
Constitutional Limits on Coercive Interrogation (Oxford Univ. Press 2008)
Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism (Aspen Publishers 2007) (2nd revised and enlarged edition 2011)
Essays and Commentaries
The Gatekeepers: Geopolitics and the Limits of Power, FPRI E-Notes, March 2013
Op-Ed
Drone Policy: A Proposal Moving Forward, Jurist, March 4, 2013
Humanitarian Intervention and Geo-Politics: A Complicated Confluence, e-International Relations, September 11, 2012
Targeted Killing and the Limits of Power, e-International Relations, September 4, 2012
Targeted killing's 'flexibility' doctrine that enables US to flout the law of war, Co-authored with Laurie Blank, The Guardian, Aug. 10, 2012
Teaching Morality: Haditha and the Future of the US Military, Jurist, Feb. 3, 2012
Israel's Gaza sea blockade is an act of self-defense, L.A. times, July 1, 2011
Targeting Bin Laden: Legal, Geopolitical and Strategic Issues, Jurist, May 4, 2011
The Bagram Habeas Decision: Bad Law, Bad Policy, Jurist, May 27, 2010
Panic Legislation: The Wrong Response, Jurist, March 8, 2010
Articles
The Price of Public Disengagement, 23 J. Transnat'l L. & Pol'y __ (2014)
Polygamy: Not "Big Love" but Significant Harm, co-authored with J. Chamberlin, (forthcoming 2013)
Human Rights and Counterterrorism: A Contradiction or Necessary Bedfellows?, 46 Ga. L. Rev. (Spring 2012)
Intervention in Libya, Yes; Intervention in Syria, No: Deciphering the Obama Administration, 44 Case W. Res.J.Int'l L. (Spring 2012)
Due Process and Counterterrorism, Emory Int'l L. Rev. (2012)
Determining a Legitimate Target: The Dilemma of the Decision Maker, 47 Tex. Int'l L.J. (2011)
Responses, Ten Questions on National Security, Wm. Mitchell L. Rev, 2011
Does Terrorism Justify a Public Safety Exception to Miranda?, 71 LA L. Rev. 2011; MODERN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CASES, COMMENTS & QUESTIONS (American Casebook Series, Thirteenth Edition, 2012 pg 625) (Yale Kamisar, Wayne R. LaFave, Jerold H. Israel, Nancy J. King, Orin S. Kerr & Eve Brensike Primus Thomson Reuters)
Protecting the Unprotected: Religious Extremism and Child Development, J. of Law and Fam. Stud. 12-2 (Summer 2010)
Updating the Commander's Toolbox - New Tools for Operationalizing the Law of Armed Conflict, (co-authored with Laurie R. Blank), Prism: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations, 1:3 June 2010
Pre-Empting Terror Bombings: A Comparative Approach to Anticipatory Self-Defense, 41 U. Tol. L. Rev. (2010)
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Operationalizing the Law of Armed Conflict in New Warfare, co-authored with Laurie E. Blank, 1 Harv. Nat'l Security J. (2010)
Negotiating Implementation of Peace Agreement, 11 Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. (2010)
Monitoring Houses of Worship - Freedom from Religion or Freedom for Religion, Int'l J. Intelligence Ethics (2010)
Religious Extremism: A Fundamental Danger, 50 S. Tex. L. Rev. 743 (2009)
Not "By All Means Necessary": A Comparative Framework for Post-9/11 Approaches to Counterterrorism, 42 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 273 (2009)
Creating a Domestic Terror Court, 48 Washburn L.J. 617 (2009)
International Law: Where Have We Been; Where Are We Going?, 30 U. Pa. J. Int'l L. 1323 (2009)
Proportionality "Re-Configured," in An Exchange on Law and Israel's Gaza Campaign, 31 A.B.A. Nat'l Sec. L. Rep. 1 (2009)
Self-Defense - From the Wild West to 9/11: Who, What, Why, When, 41 Cornell Int'l L.J. 631 (2008)
China-Trade or Human Rights: Which Comes First? The Canadian Model, co-authored with Sam Riotte, 33-2 Can.-U.S. L.J. 11 (2008)
Military Commissions and National Security Courts After Guantanamo, 103 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 199 (2008), reprinted in Military Law: International Perspective Amicus Law Division Books (Asifa Begum, ed., ICFAI University Press 2009)
Anticipatory Self-Defense and International Law: A Re-Evaluation, 13 J. Conflict & Security L. 1 (2008)
Light at the End of the Pipeline?: Choosing a Forum for Suspected Terrorists, co-authored with John T. Parry, 156 U. Pa. L. Rev. PENNumbra 356 (2008)
Ten Questions on National Security, 35 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 5003 (2008)
Interrogation of Detainees: Extending a Hand or a Boot, 41 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 375 (2008)
Accountability and Effectiveness in Homeland Security Univ. of Utah Legal Stud. Res. Paper Series, Paper No. 057-08-02
International Cooperation in Homeland Security Univ. of Utah Legal Stud. Res. Paper Series, Paper No. 057-08-09
Framing Homeland Security Univ. of Utah Legal Stud. Res. Paper Series, Paper No. 057-07-11
Quirin to Hamdan: Creating a Hybrid Paradigm for Detaining Terrorists, 19 Fla. J. Int'l L. 511 (2007)
Using and Abusing the Financial Markets - Money Laundering as the Achilles' Heel of Terrorism, co-authored with Brian Field, 29 U. Pa. J. Int'l Econ. L. (2007), reprinted in Money Laundering Amicus Books (A. Sabatha, ed., ICFAI University Press 2009)
Where are Terrorists to be Tried: A Comparative Analysis of Rights Granted to Suspected Terrorists, 56 Cath. U. L. Rev. 805 (2007), reprinted in Terrorism and International Law Amicus Books (V.B. Malleswari, ed., ICFAI University Press)
Transnational Comparative Analysis of Balancing Competing Interests in Counter-Terrorism, 20 Temp. Int'l & Comp. L.J. 363 (2006)
A Framework for Evaluating Counterterrorism Regulations, co-authored with Jerry Ellig & Kyle McKenzie, Mercatus Policy Series, Policy Resource No. 3, Mercatus Center, George Mason University (Sept. 2006)
The Unholy Trinity - Interrogation, Intelligence and Torture, co-authored with Erin M. Page, 37 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 427 (2006)
Teaching Morality in Armed Conflict: The Israel Defense Forces Model, 18 Jewish Pol. Stud. Rev. No. 1-2 at 3 (2006)
Going Toe to Toe: President Barak's and Chief Justice Rehnquist's Theories of Judicial Activism, co-authored with Erin M. Page, 29 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 51 (2005)
Legislative and Policy Responses to Terrorism, A Global Perspective, 7 San Diego J. Int'l L. 125 (2005)
Targeted Killing as Active Self-Defense, 36 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 319 (2004), cited by the Israel Supreme Court in The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel vs. The Government of Israel (HCJ 769/02) and Yoav Hess v. The Government of Israel (HCJ 8794/03)
Congressional Oversight: An Examination of its Role in the Transformation of the Presidential Order, 1 IDF L. Rev. 97 (2003)
Book Chapters
Boston: What is it and Where do We Go From Here?, in Ashgate Companion on Military Ethics (James
Turner Johnson & Eric Pattersin, eds., Ashgate, London, forthcoming 2014)
Religious Extremism, Its Nature, Its Manifestations, in Freedom of Speech in an Age of Religious Extremism: From INcident to Precedent (Paul Cliteur, ed., Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
A Legal Framework for Targeted Killing (co-authored with Monica Hakimi), in Patriot's Debate: Contemporary Issues in National Security Law (ABA Publishing forthcoming 2013)
A 3AM Phone Call: The Legality of Targeted Killings Grounded in Criteria-Based Decision Making Processes, The Journalists' Guide To National Security Law (Rosenzweig, McNulty, Shearer eds., ABA Publishing 2012)
A Proposal for Criteria Based Decision Making, in Targeted Killing: Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World (C. Finkelstein et al. eds., Oxford University Press 2012)
Balancing Rights and Security: The Israeli Criminal Law and Administrative Detention Process, in Adjudicating Human Rights Diversely (Liora Lazarus et al. eds., Hart Publishing 2012)
A Legal Framework for Targeted Killing in Patriots Debate: Contemporary Issues In National Security Law (coauthored with Monica Hakimi) (ABA Publishing 2012)
Free Speech: A Look Back and A Look Ahead, in The Freedom of Speech in the Netherlands: An Ongoing Debate (G. Molier et al. eds., Boom Juridische Uitgeven, Den Haag 2011)
Fighting Jailhouse Radicalization: International Perspectives on the Detention of Terrorists, in Special Needs Offenders in Correctional Institutions (Lior Gideon ed., Sage Publishing 2011)
Multiculturalism and Religious Extremism: Whose Human Rights Do We Protect?, in Terrorism: Ideology, Practice and Counter-Strategies (A. Allian & D. A. J. Suurland eds., The Republic of Letters - International Studies Series 2010)
A Critical Decision Point on the Battlefield - Friend, Foe, or Innocent Bystander, co-authored with Matt Ezzo, in Security: A Multidisciplinary Normative Approach (Cecilia Baillent ed., Brill Publishing 2009)
Civilian Targets: Legal Responses to an Illegal Tactic, in International Criminal Law, 3rd ed. (Cherif Bassiouni ed., Transnational Publishers 2008)
The Importance of Values in the Fight Against Terrorism, in Values and Violence: Intangible Aspects of Terrorism (Ibrahim A. Karawan, Wayne McCormack & Stephen E. Reynolds eds., Springer Publishing 2008)
Transnational Terrorism - A Middle East Case Study, in Terrorism: Patterns of Internationalization (Ekaterina Stepanova & JAideep Sakia eds., Sage Publications 2008)
National Objectives in the Hands of Junior Leaders: IDF Experiences in Combating Terror, co-authored with Martha Minow, in Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century (James J.F. Forest ed., Praeger Security International 2007)
Book Reviews
Clive walker, Terrorism and the Law, edited by Alex Schmid, (Oxford Univeristy Press 2011)
Works in Progress
The Limits of Free Speech: An Analysis of the Geert Wilders Trial
Extremism: What is it and What Dangers Does it Pose to Society?
Judicial Review in Wartime: National Security and the Rule of Law (coauthored with Laurie R. Blank)
Non-state Governance
Post-Westphalia - the New Geo-Politics
Terrorism and Natural Disasters: Business and Legal Risk Prevention Strategies for Commercial Property Owners, with Gerald Korngold
Employers, Employees, & Terrorists: Security & Employment in a Post 9/11 World (book manuscript) (coauthored with Andrew P. Morriss, Samuel Estreicher, and Jason Korosec)
Selected Talks and Presentations
Iran and Geo-Politics, Utah National Guard, 24th Annual Language Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2013
Targeted Killing and the Laws of War, DePaul University’s Center for Jewish Law and Judaic Studies, Chicago, ILL, Feb. 27, 2013
Targeted Killings: Questions of International Law and Morality, University of Chicago, Public Lecture as part of series “World Beyond the Headlines” cosponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies and the Center for Int’l Studies, Chicago, ILL, Feb. 26, 2013
Targeted Killing and the Laws of War, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Chicago, ILL, Feb. 26, 2013
Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism
Wayne State University School of Law, Detroit, MI, Nov. 2012
Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Detroit, MI, Nov.2012
Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LA, Sept.2011
University of Connecticut Law School, Hartford, CT, Oct.2010
Texas Wesleyan School of Law, Fort Worth, TX, Oct. 2009
FBI Antiterrorism Alert Center (ATAC) meeting, Saint Louis, MO, April 2009
University of Washington, Henry Jackson Center for Public Policy, Seattle, WA, April 2008
School of Government and Diplomacy, Inter-Disciplinary Center, Herzlia, Israel, March 2008
Utah National Guard, Staff and Command Course, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2008
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia PA, Nov. 2007
Santa Clara University Law School, Santa Clara, CA, Nov.2007
Hastings School of Law, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 2006
Pittsburgh World Affairs Council, Pittsburg, PA, May 2006
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, April 2006
Homeland Security: What is it, where is it going?, The Wharten School of business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2012
Tolerating Extremism, University of Utah Tanner Humanities Center’s Work-in-Progress lecture series, Salt lake City, UT, Nov. 2012
Keynote speaker, Magna Carta Institute International Conference on Legal Counterterrorism Models, Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 2009
The Impact of Contemporary Security Agendas Against Terrorism on Criminal Law and Law Enforcement, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany, Dec. 2009
A Proposal for an Administrative Detention Model for the United States, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security, Workshop on Exploring Counterterrorism Detention Alternatives, Sept. 2009
Protecting the Unprotected: Who Protects Underage Children in a Polygamous Family Structure? The Interface between Non-state Governance and State Responsibility, International Society of Family Law Regional Conference, Bar-Ilan University, June 2009
Closing Guantanamo: Legal and Policy Debates, Harvard University, Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research Seminar (live web program), Mar. 2009
The War on Terror and the Erosion of Civil Liberties, Israel Democracy Institute Seminar on The War on Terror and Restrictions on Free Speech, Jerusalem, Feb. 2009
Self Defense: A Critical Re-Examination, Twelfth Annual Rocco C. and Marion S. Siciliano Forum: Considerations on the Status of American Society, University of Utah, Nov. 2008
Improving Detainee Policy: Handling Terrorism Detainees within the American Justice System, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, June 2008
Effectiveness, Accountability and Resilience in Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, May 2008
Briefing on Lawful Interrogation Measures, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, Mar. 2008
Limits of Interrogation, Utah State Bar Association National Security Division, Nov. 2008
The American Presidential Election and The Middle East, Park City Institute, Park, City, Utah, Oct. 2008
Civil Liberties and Counter-Terrorism, U.S. Attorney and FBI, Eastern District of California, May 2008
Balancing Civil Rights and National Security, University of Utrecht Law School, Apr. 2008
Targeted Killing: Lawful Pre-Emptive Self-Defense, University of Leiden, Apr. 2008
Self-Defense: From the Wild West to 9/11
Faculty Workshop, University of Illinois Law School, Apr. 2008
The Otto L. Walter Lecture, New York Law School, Apr. 2008
A Comparative Approach of Judicial Review of Interrogation Measures, Duke Law School Conference on Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration, Panel: The War on Terrorism: The Role of the International Community, Apr. 2008
Comparing U.S. versus Israeli Law and Policy Approach to Counter Terrorism Inspired by the Amicus Submission of Israeli Scholars in the Boumediene Case, Stanford Law School's Constitutional Law Center, Nov. 2007
The Balancing Dilemma in Counter-Terrorism, University of Pennslyvania School of Law, Apr. 2007
Panelist, Values and Violence Conference, University of Utah, Mar. 2007
Comparative Analysis of Judicial Review, Stanford Law Review and Stanford Constitutional Law Center Symposium, Stanford Law School, Feb. 2007
Trade, Security and Human Rights, Stanford Business School, Feb. 2007
Hamdan as Heir to the Bram-Brown Progeny
Harvard Law School, Dec. 2006
Stanford University School of Law, International Law Society, Oct. 2006
George Washington University Law School, International Law Colloquium Series, Sept. 2006
Confluence of Law, Morality and Ethics in Contemporary Armed Conflict, United States Military Academy, Nov. 2006
The Guantanamo Debate: Terror, Torture and National Security with Professor David Cole & Professor Shep Melnick, Massachusetts Appleseed Center, Dec. 2005
Counterterrorism and Employment: An Israeli Perspective, New York University School of Law's Conference on Labor, Nov. 2005
Counterterrorism and the Rule of Law, Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security 2005, An International Conference under the Auspices of the Prime Minister of Turkey, June 2005
Honors & Awards
Grants
Earhart Foundation project, Extremism: What Is It And What Dangers Does It Pose To Society?, 2012.
Stuart Family Foundation, Research on Free Speech and Extremism, 2011.
Department of Justice, FY06 Congressionally Mandated Award, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cross-Training in Counterterrorism (CTC) Program, $250,000.
Awards
Justus Lipsius Visiting Scholar, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Study of the Law, University of Leiden, December 2010.
"Religion, Terrorism, and the Law: Bringing New Understanding to a Critical World Issue," The Value of Research, Case Western Reserve University, Spring, 2007.
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law 2011 Faculty Scholarship Award
Senior Specialist Fulbright Fellowship for The Netherlands, 2008
Additional Scholarly Highlights
Media Appearances
Civilian Use of Drones: China Radio International "Today on Beyond Beijing"
Professional Affiliations
Research Associate, University of Oxford, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC), Department of Politics and International Relations, 2012 -
Committee Member, ABA Law and National Security Advisory Committee, appointed 2010
Corresponding Member, The Netherlands School of Human Rights Research, University of Utrecht School of Law, appointed 2009
Research Fellow, International Institute on Counter-Terrorism, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzeliya, Israel, 2008-present
