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National Security Constitutionalism in the Commonwealth Five Eyes States / Paul F Scott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Paul F, author.
- Series:
- Hart Studies in Security and Justice.
- Hart Studies in Security and Justice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- National security--Australia.
- National security.
- National security--Canada.
- National security--New Zealand.
- National security--United Kingdom.
- National security--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2025.
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- This book examines the constitutional treatment of national security in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. These four states share their Commonwealth heritage and are members, alongside the USA, of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance. The book takes a comparative approach to the institutions through which, and tools with which, these four states seek to protect their national security against the threats of both terrorism and hostile state activity and how they have evolved over time. It identifies and examines the various specialised institutions, inside and outside of legislatures, which have grown up to oversee the exercise of public power for national security purposes while maintaining the required secrecy. It argues that the extent of the borrowing and sharing between these jurisdictions in the domain of national security, now and in the past, permits us to talk about a Commonwealth model of national security constitutionalism.
- Contents:
- Introduction 1. Comparative National Security Constitutionalism 2. Imperial Origins and Cold War Connections 3. The Modern National Security Apparatus 4. Powers, Sources, Safeguards 5. Oversight Institutions 6. Parliamentary Accountability 7. National Security Constitutionalism in the Commonwealth Five Eyes States
- ISBN:
- 9781509971978
- 1509971971
- OCLC:
- 1474242249
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