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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Londras, Fiona (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , c2011
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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