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The harbinger theory : how the post-9/11 emergency became permanent and the case for reform / Robert Diab.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: [First edition].Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190243234 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation
| Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation -- United States | Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation -- Canada | War and emergency powers | War and emergency powers -- United States | War and emergency powers -- CanadaAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780190243227DDC classification: 344.730532517 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: North American law has been transformed in ways unimaginable before 9/11. Laws now authorise and courts have condoned indefinite detention without charge on secret evidence, mass secret surveillance, and targeted killing of U.S. citizens, suggesting a shift in the cultural currency of a liberal form of legality to authoritarian legality. This book demonstrates that extreme measures have been consistently embraced in politics, scholarship, and public opinion in a specific belief that 9/11 was the harbinger of a new order of terror.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
North American law has been transformed in ways unimaginable before 9/11. Laws now authorise and courts have condoned indefinite detention without charge on secret evidence, mass secret surveillance, and targeted killing of U.S. citizens, suggesting a shift in the cultural currency of a liberal form of legality to authoritarian legality. This book demonstrates that extreme measures have been consistently embraced in politics, scholarship, and public opinion in a specific belief that 9/11 was the harbinger of a new order of terror.
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