Terror detentions and the rule of law : US and UK perspectives /

"After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States and the United Kingdom detained suspected terrorists in a manner incompatible with the due process, fair trial, and equality requirements of the Rule of Law. The legality of the detentions was challenged and found wanting by the highest court...

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Main Author: Wagstaff, Robert H. (Robert Hall), 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Series:Terrorism and global justice series
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Table of Contents:
  • The precipitating events
  • A short history of panic responses
  • Detention and the legal status & rights of aliens
  • The role of the courts & the popular jurisprudence of counterterrorism
  • The rule of law
  • An applicable international rule of law
  • Guantanamo & Belmarsh
  • The war paradigm versus the criminal law in the United States and United Kingdom
  • R v A : Marbury judicial review by interpretation in the United Kingdom
  • Judicial deference