The harbinger theory : how the post-9/11 emergency became permanent and the case for reform

• Autore: Diab Robert
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
• Edizione: [First edition].
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 344.7305/32517
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The harbinger theory : how the post-9
• ISBN: 0-19-024325-2; 0-19-024323-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154333603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II