Detention in the 'War on Terror' : can human rights fight back? / Fiona de Londras.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Londras, Fiona, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--International cooperation.

Human rights.

Detention of persons.

Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

In this book, Fiona de Londras presents an overview of counter-terrorist detention in the US and the UK and the attempts by both states to achieve a downward recalibration of international human rights standards as they apply in an emergency. Arguing that the design and implementation of this policy has been greatly influenced by both popular and manufactured panic, Detention in the 'War on Terror' addresses counter-terrorist detention through an original analytic framework. In contrast to domestic law in the US and UK, de Londras argues that international human rights law has generally resisted the challenge to the right to be free from arbitrary detention, largely because of its relative insulation from counter-terrorist panic. She argues that this resilience gradually emboldened superior courts in the US and UK to resist repressive detention laws and policies and insist upon greater rights-protection for suspected terrorists.

Contents:

Introduction

Panic, fear and counter-terrorist law-making

The right to be free from arbitrary detention

Counter-terrorist detention : the executive approach

Legislating for counter-terrorist detention

International human rights law's resilience in the face of panic

Judicial responses to counter-terrorist detention : rights-based resistance?

Conclusion.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9780511996382

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