Detention in the 'War on Terror':can human rights fight back?
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, U.K. |
Publication Dates: | 2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | x, 316 p.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780521197601 (hbk.) 0521197600 (hbk.) |
Index Number: | D998 |
CLC: | D998.2-05 |
Call Number: | D998.2-05/D361 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-302) and index. 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. |