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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Londras, Fiona
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.