Inside Australia's anti-terrorism laws and trials / / Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity and George Williams

• Autore: Lynch Andrew
• Pubblicazione: Sydney, Australia : , : NewSouth Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.05325
• Soggetto topico: Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - Australia; Terrorism - Prevention - Government policy - Australia; National security - Australia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): McGarrityNicola; WilliamsGeorge
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. What is a terrorist act?; 2. Criminalising terrorist acts and preparation for terrorism; 3. Terrorist organisations; 4. Terrorist financing; 5. Foreign incursions; 6. Prosecuting terrorist suspects; 7. Police powers; 8. Intelligence agencies; 9. Control orders; 10. Lessons; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Over ten years after Australia's first national laws were enacted to combat the threat of terrorism, yet more anti-terrorism laws were passed in the Australian Parliament in late 2014. The first laws were often introduced in great haste and were stunning in scope and number. The latest laws are similarly extensive and controversial. Yet again, powers and sanctions once thought to lie outside the rules of a liberal democracy except during wartime have become part of Australian law.Timely, piercing and in regard to the first set of laws, written with the benefit of hindsight, this book asks whether.
• Titolo autorizzato: Inside Australia's anti-terrorism laws and trials
• ISBN: 1-74224-722-9; 1-74224-195-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460165403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II