Moss Balancing Liberty and Security

Human Rights, Human Wrongs
2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-31931-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 251 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Crime Prevention and Security Management

Examining the erosion of people's democratic rights and the potential catastrophic dangers of neglecting civil liberties, this book explores the endemic danger of the enlarged power of the state and the central role of Government in undermining personal freedoms through the use of state force in the name of the protection of security.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moss, Kate

Moss, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; M.Mansfield Acknowledgements  Liberty versus Security Historical and Contemporary Deviations from Essential Civil Liberties  The Context of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998  Article 3 and Torture  Article 5 and Detention without Trial  Article 6 and Extraordinary Rendition  Securing Rights – But Which? References Index

Über Autor(innen)

KATE MOSS is Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Law, Social Science and Communications at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Crime Reduction Initiatives and has also published Security and Liberty .