Tamar Meisels

Tamar Meisels
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University (B.A., L.L.B., and M.A.); Balliol College, Oxford University (Ph.D in Political Theory, 2000)
Occupation	Professor of Government and Policy; political theorist
Employer	Tel Aviv University
Notable work	The Trouble with Terror: Liberty, Security and the Response to Terrorism (Cambridge University Press 2008)

Tamar Meisels is a Professor of Government and Policy in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University, and a political theorist.^[1][2][3][4]

Biography

She is the daughter of Andrew Meisels, who was a foreign correspondent, author, and broadcaster, and Martha Meisels, a consumer affairs reporter for the Jerusalem Post.^[5][6][7]

She earned a B.A., L.L.B., and M.A. at Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D in Political Theory at Balliol College, Oxford University, in 2000.^[8] She works on the political theory of territorial rights, liberal nationalism, and the philosophical questions surrounding war and terrorism.^[9]

Meisels is known for advocating a consistent and strict definition of terrorism, which she defines as "the intentional random murder of defenseless non-combatants, with the intent of instilling fear of mortal danger amidst a civilian population as a strategy designed to advance political ends."^[10]

She has written on the complexities of applying international law to terrorists, who are neither soldiers nor civilians.^[11]

Select works

Books

• Territorial Rights (2009)
• The Trouble with Terror: Liberty, Security and the Response to Terrorism (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
• "Historical Rights" to Land (1999)

Articles

• "Defining Terrorism–A Typology", Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2009, pp. 331–51
• "Torture and the Problem of Dirty Hands", 21 Can. J. L. & Jurisprudence 149, 2008
• "Combatants–Lawful and Unlawful", Law and Philosophy, Volume 26, Number 1, pp. 31–65 (2007)
• "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism—a Refutation", Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2006, pp. 465–83
• "How Terrorism Upsets Liberty", Political Studies, Volume 53, Issue 1, pp. 162–81, March 2005
• "Targeting Terror", Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 30, 2004
• "Can Corrective Justice Ground Claims to Territory?", Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 65–88, March 2003
• "Liberal Nationalism and Territorial Rights", Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 20, Issue 1, pp. 31–43, January 2003

References

1. Avery Plaw (2008). Targeting terrorists: a license to kill?. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
2. Daniel A. Bell, Avner De-Shalit (2003). Forms of justice: critical perspectives on David Miller's political philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
3. Mark Bevir (2010). Encyclopedia of Political Theory. SAGE. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
4. "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism–a Refutation". Terrorism and Political Violence. September 2006. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
5. Bushinsky, Jay (April 16, 1997). "Andrew Meisels dies at 64". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
6. "'Post' columnist Martha Meisels dies at 57". The Jerusalem Post. July 26, 1995. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
7. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F26F030D50E4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. Hubert J. Cloke (June 30, 2010). "Faculty". Bulletin.georgetown.edu. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
9. "Do Israeli jails prepare prisoners for peace?", Josh Spiro, Jewish Post
10. "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism—a Refutation", Tamar Meisels, Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2006, pp. 465–83
11. "Targeted Killing", Alia Brahimi, Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War, February 10, 2009