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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785244703321

Autore

Basaran Tugba

Titolo

Security, law, and borders : at the limits of liberties / / Tugba Basaran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-90212-0

1-136-90213-9

1-282-88232-5

9786612882326

0-203-84192-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in liberty and security

Disciplina

323.44

Soggetti

Civil rights

National security

Emigration and immigration law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Limits of liberal rule; 2 Borders of liberal rule; 3 Liberties on the territory; 4 Liberties on the seas; 5 Liberties in third countries; 6 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on security practices, civil liberties and the politics of borders in liberal democracies. In the aftermath of 9/11, security practices and the denial of human rights and civil liberties are often portrayed as an exception to liberal rule, and seen as institutionally, legally and spatially distinct from the liberal state. Drawing upon detailed empirical studies from migration controls, such as the French waiting zone, Australian off-shore processing and US maritime interceptions, this study demonstrates that the limitation of liberties is not an anomaly of li