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Counterterrorism : Democracy's Challenge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in International Law SeriesPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (470 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781847314376
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Counterterrorism: Democracy's ChallengeDDC classification:
  • 345.02
LOC classification:
  • HV6431.C69135 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Prelims -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part One The Fight against Terrorism in Historical Perspective -- 1 Countering Terrorism: A Historical Perspective -- 2 Constitutionalising Emergency Powers in Modern Europe -- 3 Liberal State Responses to Terrorism and Their Limits -- 4 The Role of Modern States in the Decline and Demise of Terrorism -- Part Two Balancing Security Concerns and Individual Freedoms -- 5 Terrorism and Human Rights Paradigms The United Kingdom after 11 September 2001 -- 6 Terror Financing, Guilt by Association and the Paradigm of Prevention in the 'War on Terror' -- 7 United We Stand: National Courts Reviewing Counterterrorism Measures -- 8 'The Last Refuge of the Tyrant'? Judicial Deference to Executive Actions in Time of 'Terror' -- 9 The Abuse of Executive Powers: What Remedies? -- 10 The UN Security Council, Counterterrorism and Human Rights -- Part Three Is There a Need for New Legal Paradigms? -- 11 Judicial Balancing in Times of Stress: A Comparative Constitutional Perspective -- 12 International Law, Counterterrorism and the Quest for Checks and Balances: Why the Calling Sirens of Constitutionalism Should Be Resisted -- Index.
Summary: This book reviews state responses to terrorist violence and assesses the effects of modern counterterrorism law and policies on democratic states.
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Prelims -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part One The Fight against Terrorism in Historical Perspective -- 1 Countering Terrorism: A Historical Perspective -- 2 Constitutionalising Emergency Powers in Modern Europe -- 3 Liberal State Responses to Terrorism and Their Limits -- 4 The Role of Modern States in the Decline and Demise of Terrorism -- Part Two Balancing Security Concerns and Individual Freedoms -- 5 Terrorism and Human Rights Paradigms The United Kingdom after 11 September 2001 -- 6 Terror Financing, Guilt by Association and the Paradigm of Prevention in the 'War on Terror' -- 7 United We Stand: National Courts Reviewing Counterterrorism Measures -- 8 'The Last Refuge of the Tyrant'? Judicial Deference to Executive Actions in Time of 'Terror' -- 9 The Abuse of Executive Powers: What Remedies? -- 10 The UN Security Council, Counterterrorism and Human Rights -- Part Three Is There a Need for New Legal Paradigms? -- 11 Judicial Balancing in Times of Stress: A Comparative Constitutional Perspective -- 12 International Law, Counterterrorism and the Quest for Checks and Balances: Why the Calling Sirens of Constitutionalism Should Be Resisted -- Index.

This book reviews state responses to terrorist violence and assesses the effects of modern counterterrorism law and policies on democratic states.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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