Dr Claire Macken is the Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning) in the School of Law at Deakin University, Australia.

"Macken looks into what international law has to say about heads of state ordering anyone they want to be hunted down and imprisoned with no more justification than declaring that they might someday commit a terrorist act. He covers the background, history, and practice of preventive detention; the right to personal liberty in international human rights law as a legal framework for considering state preventive detention laws; the preventive detection of suspected terrorists pursuant to a state of emergency in international human rights law; legitimate and illegitimate purpose of preventive detention; and a model law for the detention of suspected terrorists within a criminal law framework."—Book News

• 1. Preventive Detention – Background, History and Practice 2. The Right to Personal Liberty in International Human Rights Law as a Legal Framework for the Consideration of State Preventive Detention Laws 3. The Preventive Detention of Suspected Terrorists Pursuant to a State of Emergency in International Human Rights Law 4. Legitimate and Illegitimate Purposes of Preventive Detention 5. The Way Forward – A Model Law for the Detention of Suspected Terrorists within a Criminal Law Framework 6. Conclusions as to the Preventive Detention of Suspected Terrorists in International Law

Dr Claire Macken is the Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning) in the School of Law at Deakin University, Australia.

"Macken looks into what international law has to say about heads of state ordering anyone they want to be hunted down and imprisoned with no more justification than declaring that they might someday commit a terrorist act. He covers the background, history, and practice of preventive detention; the right to personal liberty in international human rights law as a legal framework for considering state preventive detention laws; the preventive detection of suspected terrorists pursuant to a state of emergency in international human rights law; legitimate and illegitimate purpose of preventive detention; and a model law for the detention of suspected terrorists within a criminal law framework."—Book News

• 1. Preventive Detention – Background, History and Practice 2. The Right to Personal Liberty in International Human Rights Law as a Legal Framework for the Consideration of State Preventive Detention Laws 3. The Preventive Detention of Suspected Terrorists Pursuant to a State of Emergency in International Human Rights Law 4. Legitimate and Illegitimate Purposes of Preventive Detention 5. The Way Forward – A Model Law for the Detention of Suspected Terrorists within a Criminal Law Framework 6. Conclusions as to the Preventive Detention of Suspected Terrorists in International Law

Dr Claire Macken is the Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning) in the School of Law at Deakin University, Australia.

"Macken looks into what international law has to say about heads of state ordering anyone they want to be hunted down and imprisoned with no more justification than declaring that they might someday commit a terrorist act. He covers the background, history, and practice of preventive detention; the right to personal liberty in international human rights law as a legal framework for considering state preventive detention laws; the preventive detection of suspected terrorists pursuant to a state of emergency in international human rights law; legitimate and illegitimate purpose of preventive detention; and a model law for the detention of suspected terrorists within a criminal law framework."—Book News

• 1. Preventive Detention – Background, History and Practice 2. The Right to Personal Liberty in International Human Rights Law as a Legal Framework for the Consideration of State Preventive Detention Laws 3. The Preventive Detention of Suspected Terrorists Pursuant to a State of Emergency in International Human Rights Law 4. Legitimate and Illegitimate Purposes of Preventive Detention 5. The Way Forward – A Model Law for the Detention of Suspected Terrorists within a Criminal Law Framework 6. Conclusions as to the Preventive Detention of Suspected Terrorists in International Law