Detention in the 'War on Terror' can human rights fight back? /

"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 bee...

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Hovedforfatter: De Londras, Fiona
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Panic, fear and counter-terrorist law-making; 2. The right to be free from arbitrary detention; 3. Counter-terrorist detention: the executive approach; 4. Legislating for counter-terrorist detention; 5. International human rights law's resilience in the face of panic; 6. Judicial responses to counter-terrorist detention: rights-based resistance?; 7. Conclusion.