Balancing Liberty and Security [electronic resource] : Human Rights, Human Wrongs /
Moss, Kate.author.
Examining the erosion of people's democratic rights and the potential catastrophic dangers of neglecting civil liberties, this book explores the endemic danger of the enlarged power of the state and the central role of Government in undermining personal freedoms through the use of state force in the name of the protection of security.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Liberty versus security -- Historical and contemporary deviations from essential civil liberties -- The context of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 -- Article 3 and torture -- Article 5 and detention without trial -- Article 6 and extraordinary rendition -- Securing rights - but which?.
Examining the erosion of people's democratic rights and the potential catastrophic dangers of neglecting civil liberties, this book explores the endemic danger of the enlarged power of the state and the central role of Government in undermining personal freedoms through the use of state force in the name of the protection of security.
Criminal law.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Criminology.
Political sociology.
Police.
Sociology.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Political Sociology.
Policing.
Sociology, general.