Comparative Counter-Terrorism Law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roach, Kent.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebrary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

LAW / Comparative.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation.

Local Subjects:

LAW / Comparative.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (840 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book provides a systematic overview of counter-terrorism laws in twenty-two jurisdictions representing the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Comparative Counter-Terrorism Law Comes of Age; I. Introduction; II. The Field of Study; A. The Need for Comparative Study of Counter-Terrorism Law; B. A Common but Flexible Format for Country Reports; C. Counter-Terrorism Law and Supra-National Influences; D. Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights; E. Multiple Counter-Terrorism Instruments and Substitution Effects; F. The Experimental Nature of Post-9/11 Counter-Terrorism Law;

III. The Centrality of the Definition of Terrorism in Counter-Terrorism LawA. Comparative Law in Action: The Global Migration of Three Influential Definitions of Terrorism; B. The Influence of the United Kingdom's Terrorism Act, 2000; a. South Africa's Surprising Acceptance of a Broad Definition of Terrorism; b. South Africa's Distinct Freedom Fighter Exemption; c. The Influence of the Terrorism Act, 2000, in Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore; d. The Competing Influence of Old and New Visions of Security in Malaysia, Singapore and Israel;

C. The EU Framework Decision Approach to the Harmonization of Counter-Terrorism Lawa. Harmonization: Laggards or Legitimate Legal Nationalism?; D. The Influence of Egyptian Definitions of Terrorism; a. Threats to National Unity as Terrorism?; b. Another Round of Expansion?; E. American Exceptionalism and Complexity; F. Brazil's Wavering Reluctance to Define Terrorism; G. China's Evolving Approach to Defining Terrorism; IV. Conclusion; Part One North America; 2 The United States; I. Introduction; II. The Definition of Terrorism; III. Criminal Laws and Prosecutions; A. Criminal Law;

B. Terrorism ProsecutionsC. Punishment of Terrorism; IV. Investigative Powers; A. Police Powers; B. Intelligence Agencies; V. Proscription/Listing of Terrorist Groups/Individuals; A. Proscription Mechanisms; B. Challenges to Proscriptions and Listings; VI. Regulation of Terrorism Financing; A. The Regulatory Regime to Counter Terrorism Financing; B. Criminal Offenses of Terrorism Financing; VII. Immigration Measures; A. Immigration Detention; VIII. Administrative/Executive Measures; IX. Role of Military and Extraterritorial Counterterrorism Activities; A. Military Courts and Detention;

A. Detention at the Guantanamo Bay Facilityb. Access to Justice; c. Torture and Accountability; d. Non-refoulement; B. Extraterritorial Terrorism Law Enforcement; X. Secrecy and Terrorism; A. Secrecy Claims and Secret Evidence; B. Secrecy in the Courtroom and Anonymous Witnesses; XI. Conclusion; 3 Canada; I. Introduction; II. The Definition of Terrorism; III. Criminal Laws and Prosecutions; A. Criminal Law; B. Terrorism Prosecutions; C. Punishment of Terrorism; IV. Investigative Powers; A. Police Powers; B. Intelligence Agencies; V. Listing of Terrorist Entities or Individuals; A. Proscription Mechanisms.

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Other Format:

Print version: Roach, Kent Comparative Counter-Terrorism Law

ISBN:

9781316360699

1316360695

OCLC:

914151477

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