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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816683203321

Autore

Cohen Amichai

Titolo

Israel's national security law : political dynamics and historical development / / Amichai Cohen and Stuart A. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-65323-6

1-283-36365-8

9786613363657

0-203-80614-X

1-136-65324-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Israeli history, politics and society ; ; 53

Altri autori (Persone)

CohenStuart <1946->

Disciplina

343.5694/01

Soggetti

National security - Law and legislation - Israel

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

Frameworks of analysis -- Cultural contexts -- Centralization, 1948-1963 -- Diffusion, 1963-1977 -- Realignment, 1977-1995 -- Legislation, 1995-2008 -- Diagnosis : Israel's hybrid national security legal framework -- Prognosis : modes of reform.

Sommario/riassunto

Terror attacks on western civilian targets have stimulated interest in the dilemmas faced by liberal societies when combating threats to national security. Combining the perspectives of political science and law, this book addresses that discourse, asking how democracies seek to harmonize the protection of individual liberties with the defence of state interests.The book focuses on the experience of Israel, a country whose commitment to democratic values has continuously been challenged by multiple threats to national survival. It examines the legal, legislative and institutional met