Security and Liberty: Restriction by Stealth - Couverture souple

Moss, Kate

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 134935712X ISBN 13 : 9781349357123

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Synopsis

Considering the question of how levels of security allow state power to be increased to the point at which it infringes essential civil liberties, this book explores the creeping power of the executive and the unfeasibility of widespread use of the Human Rights Act as a bulwark against the oppressive use of state power.

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À propos de l'auteur

KATE MOSS is Reader in Law in the School of Legal Studies, Wolverhampton University, UK. She has conducted extensive research and consultancy work for a wide range of institutions including the police, the Home Office and Centrex. She is co-editor of Crime Reduction and the Law and author of Medium Secure, Psychiatric Provision in the Private Sector.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 134935712X
• ISBN 13: 9781349357123
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 195
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