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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817156903321

Autore

De Londras Fiona

Titolo

Detention in the 'War on Terror' : can human rights fight back? / / Fiona de Londras

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-139-09751-2

1-107-21496-3

1-139-10088-2

1-139-10154-4

1-139-09885-3

0-511-99638-1

1-139-09953-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

POL035010

Disciplina

344.7305/3250269

Soggetti

Human rights - International cooperation

Detention of persons

Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, 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 been greatly influenced by both popular and manufactured panic, Detention in the 'War on Terror' addresses counter-terrorist detention through an original analytic framework. In contrast to domestic law in the US and UK, de



Londras argues that international human rights law has generally resisted the challenge to the right to be free from arbitrary detention, largely because of its relative insulation from counter-terrorist panic. She argues that this resilience gradually emboldened superior courts in the US and UK to resist repressive detention laws and policies and insist upon greater rights-protection for suspected terrorists.