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UNINA9910154333603321 |
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Autore |
Diab Robert |
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Titolo |
The harbinger theory : how the post-9/11 emergency became permanent and the case for reform |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-024325-2 |
0-19-024323-6 |
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Edizione |
[[First edition].] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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344.7305/32517 |
344.730532517 |
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Soggetti |
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Terrorism - Law and legislation - Prevention - United States |
Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - Canada |
Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States |
War and emergency powers - Canada |
War and emergency powers |
Law, Politics & Government |
Law, General & Comparative |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- The embrace of authoritarian legality -- The harbinger theory in politics, culture, and public opinion -- The future of terror in expert literature and the advocacy of extreme measures -- Opportunity lost: liberal deference to the harbinger theory -- An alternative case for reform -- Outstanding questions and recommendations for reform. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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North American law has been transformed in ways unimaginable before 9/11. Laws now authorise and courts have condoned indefinite detention without charge on secret evidence, mass secret surveillance, and targeted killing of U.S. citizens, suggesting a shift in the cultural currency of a liberal form of legality to authoritarian legality. This book demonstrates that extreme measures have been consistently embraced in politics, scholarship, and public opinion in a specific belief that 9/11 was the harbinger of a new order of terror. |
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