Preventive Detention of Terror Suspects

Name: Preventive Detention of Terror Suspects
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Preventive Detention of Terror SuspectsA New Legal Framework\nAuthor(s): Diane Webber\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138335653, 978-1138335653\nSynopsis\nPreventive detention as a counter-terrorism tool is fraught with conceptual and procedural problems and risks of misuse, excess and abuse. Many have debated the inadequacies of the current legal frameworks for detention, and the need for finding the most appropriate legal model to govern detention of terror suspects that might serve as a global paradigm.\n\nThis book offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the detention of terror suspects under domestic criminal law, the law of armed conflict and international human rights law. The book looks comparatively at the law in a number of key jurisdictions including the USA, the UK, Israel, France, India, Australia and Canada and in turn compares this to preventive detention under the law of armed conflict a.