The harbinger theory : how the post-9/11 emergency became permanent and the case for reform

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diab, Robert, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Law and legislation--Prevention--United States.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--Canada.

Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--United States.

War and emergency powers--Canada.

War and emergency powers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

North American law has been transformed in ways unimaginable before 9/11. Laws now authorise and courts have condoned indefinite detention without charge on secret evidence, mass secret surveillance, and targeted killing of U.S. citizens, suggesting a shift in the cultural currency of a liberal form of legality to authoritarian legality. This book demonstrates that extreme measures have been consistently embraced in politics, scholarship, and public opinion in a specific belief that 9/11 was the harbinger of a new order of terror.

Contents:

Introduction

The embrace of authoritarian legality

The harbinger theory in politics, culture, and public opinion

The future of terror in expert literature and the advocacy of extreme measures

Opportunity lost: liberal deference to the harbinger theory

An alternative case for reform

Outstanding questions and recommendations for reform.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 12, 2015).

ISBN:

0-19-024325-2

0-19-024323-6