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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Cambridge :
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Panic, fear and counter-terrorist law-making
- 3. The right to be free from arbitrary detention
- 4.Counter-terrorist detention : the executive approach
- 5.Legislating for counter-terrorist detention
- 6. International human rights law's resilience in the face of panic
- 7. Judicial responses to counter-terrorist detention : rights-based resistance
- 8. Conclusion