The ruling in the Dirani case provides an illustration of the development of legal rules and their adaption, by state courts, to the characteristics of modern anti-terrorist warfare
Legal Rules and Anti-Terrorism Warfare: The Case of Mustafa Dirani, Revisited
One of the main challenges facing states currently engaged in modern asymmetric warfare lies in the discrepancy between legal rules meant to deal with the realities of classic wars between countries on the one hand, and the changing and intensifying reality of armed clashes against non-state actors, led by terrorist organizations, on the other hand.
