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Law, liberty, and the pursuit of terrorism

It is commonly believed that a state facing a terrorist threat responds with severe legislation that compromises civil liberties in favour of national security. Roger Douglas compares responses to terrorism by five liberal democracies? the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand? over the past 15 years. He examines each nation?s development and implementation of counterterrorism law, specifically in the areas of information gathering, the definition of terrorist offenses, due process for the accused, detention, and torture and other forms of coercive questioning. Douglas finds that terrorist attacks elicit pressures for quick responses, which often allow national governments to accrue additional powers. But emergencies are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for such laws, which may persist even after fears have eased.

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320

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Cover of: Law, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Terrorism
Law, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Terrorism
2014, University of Michigan Press
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Law, liberty, and the pursuit of terrorism
2014, The University of Michigan Press
in English
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Law, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Terrorism
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Table of Contents

The specter of terrorism
Responding to the threat
What is terrorism?
Gathering information
Protecting government secrets while protecting due process?
Guilt by association
Terrorism offences
Detention without conviction
Torture and coercive questioning.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-301) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
363.325/156
Library of Congress
K5256 .D68 2014, K5256

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 320 pages
Number of pages
320

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Open Library
OL27153490M
Internet Archive
lawlibertypursui0000doug
ISBN 10
0472119095
ISBN 13
9780472119097
LCCN
2014010710
OCLC/WorldCat
868078136

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