Balancing liberty and security: human rights, human wrongs
by Moss, Kate
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.
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- Full title :Balancing liberty and security : human rights, human wrongs.
Summary
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.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Basingstoke
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
Notes
Description based upon print version of record.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xv, 251 p.).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780230319318, 0230319319, 9780230230293, 0230230296
- oclc:on1156827232
- LC Classification:JK468.I6
- Dewey Decimal:341.4/8
Table of Contents
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; Foreword; 1 Liberty versus Security; 2 Historical and Contemporary Deviations from Essential Civil Liberties; 3 The Context of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998; 4 Article 3 and Torture; 5 Article 5 and Detention without Trial; 6 Article 6 and Extraordinary Rendition; 7 Securing Rights -- But Which?; References; Index; Index of Cases; Index of Statutes;
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