ABSTRACT
International law, since the time of Hugo Grotius and the Peace of Westphalia, has been considered the law governing nation states; nation states alone. It is only recently that the role of nonstate actors in shaping international relations, and hence international law, has entered the public consciousness. However, that fateful day of September 11, 2001, shall remain branded in the archives of international law as the day that brought to prominence the most dreadful nonstate actor-the terrorist.
