ABSTRACT
One final reflection comes to mind on the Sisyphean task of research in this field. The discipline of criminology has been called a ‘rendezvous discipline’: ‘a subject where other disciplines meet and its very liveliness and, at its best, intellectual interest is because of this position on the busy crossroads of sociology, psychology, law and philosophy’.93 The same sentiments ring true of transnational counter-terrorism law. It is a field of study that sits across the boundaries of legal jurisdictions, academic disciplines and research methodologies. Insofar as it involves transnational criminal law and criminal justice, those policy domains, and their academic study, can only serve to emphasise the interstitial nature of the field. Our responsibility then, as transnational counter-terrorism lawyers, is to be clear about our epistemological assumptions, methodological choices and intellectual commitments. If we do so, then we may not be happy, but it will be worthwhile to keep pushing on up the mountain.
