Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Crossing Legal Boundaries in Defence of the State - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781954461 ISBN 13: 9781781954461

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

The initial responses to 9/11 engaged categorical questions about 'war', 'terrorism', and 'crime'. Now the implementation of counter-terrorism law is infused with dichotomies - typically depicted as the struggle between security and human rights, but explored more exactingly in this book as traversing boundaries around the roles of lawyers, courts, and crimes; the relationships between police, military, and security agencies; and the interplay of international and national enforcement. The contributors to this book explore how developments in counter-terrorism have resulted in pressures to cross important ethical, legal and organizational boundaries. They identify new tensions and critique the often unwanted outcomes within common law, civil law, and international legal systems.

This book explores counter-terrorism measures from an original and strongly comparative perspective and delivers an important resource for scholars of terrorism laws, strategies, and politics, as well as human rights and comparative lawyers.

Contributors: M.L. Anglí, S. Bronitt, B. Dickson, S. Donkin, F. Galli, J.-M.L. Gorostiza, S. Hufnagel, A. Masferrer, M.C. Meliá, J. Moran, A. Petzsche, A. Staniforth, C. Walker, S. Wallerstein, D.P.J. Walsh

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About the Author

Edited by Aniceto Masferrer, University of Valencia, Spain and Clive Walker, Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781954461
• ISBN 13: 9781781954461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Masferrer Aniceto, Walker Clive