Homeland insecurity: the rise and rise of global anti-terrorism law

In the decades following the 9/11 attacks, complex webs of anti-terrorism laws have come into play across the world, promising to protect ordinary citizens from bombings, hijackings and other forms of mass violence. But are we really any safer? Has freedom been secured by active deployment of state...

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1. Verfasser: Gearty, Conor A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Polity 2024
Schriftenreihe:History of violence
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Zusammenfassung:In the decades following the 9/11 attacks, complex webs of anti-terrorism laws have come into play across the world, promising to protect ordinary citizens from bombings, hijackings and other forms of mass violence. But are we really any safer? Has freedom been secured by active deployment of state power, or fatally undermined? In this groundbreaking new book, Conor Gearty unpacks the history of global anti-terrorism law, explaining not only how these regulations came about, but also the untold damage they have wrought upon freedom and human rights
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:viii, 264 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781509553716

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