1st Edition

Terrorism, Rights and the Rule of Law

By Barry Vaughan, Shane Kilcommins Copyright 2008
242 Pages
by Willan

240 Pages
by Willan

The rule of law is becoming a victim of the struggle against terrorism. Many countries are reviewing their security procedures and questioning whether due process rights hinder them in the war on terror. There is increasing emphasis on preventive detention or strategies of disablement that cut into the liberties of suspects who may not have committed a crime. The focus of this book is the Republic... Read more
Contents Introduction 1 Ending or extending the long nineteenth century of criminal justice 2 Justice, rights and reciprocity 3 Reconstructing truth in criminal law: Moving from an exculpatory to an inculpatory model of justice 4 Law in the shadow of the gunman 5 Entrenching the 'equality of arms' framework in the ordinary criminal justice system in Ireland 6 Disaggregated justice 7 Justice beyond the nation state 8 Conclusion: The war on terror and campaigns for rights Notes References and further reading Index

Biography

Barry Vaughan