Unleashing the Force of Law

Legal Mobilization, National Security, and Basic Freedoms

AvDevyani Prabhat

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

An interdisciplinary, comparative study of the work of lawyers for civil liberties and basic freedoms, integrating socio-legal theoretical frameworks with insights from political lawyering and social movement literature, in order to trace the professionalization of human rights work and analyse the possibilities and limitations of the rule of law.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-03-18
Mått:155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:494 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
Antal sidor:225
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137455734

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Mer om författaren

Devyani Prabhat is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Bristol, UK.

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'It is superb ... a model piece of comparative legal sociology, addressing a really important set of questions.' Steven Lukes, New York University, USA

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements.- Preface.- 1. Introduction.- PART I: POLITICAL CONTEXT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE JURIDICAL FIELD 2. Counter-terror Measures and Challenges in Law.- 3. Security, Exceptionalism, and the Rule of Law.- PART II: NATURE AND EXTENT OF LEGAL MOBILIZATION 4. The Guantánamo Bay Juridical Field.- 5. Legal Mobilization and Motivations.- 6. The 80s Northern Irish Juridical Field.- 7. The Post-9/11 English and Northern Irish Juridical Fields.- PART III: STRATEGIES AND OUTCOMES OF LEGAL MOBILIZATION 8. Legal Formalism and the Right to Liberty.- 9. Process and Substance in Outcomes.- PART IV: CONCLUSION 10. The Force of Law Unleashed?.