Private security, public order
Subtitle: the outsourcing of public services and its limits
By: edited by Simon Chesterman and Angelina Fisher.
Contributors: Fisher, Angelina.; New York University. Institute for International Law and Justice.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780199574124
Subjects: Private security services -- Law and legislation; Police, Private; Private military companies; Security, International; Mercenary troops; National security
Notes: "A project of the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University School of Law."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The privatization of violence / Michael Likosky; title: The responsibility of states / Olivier De Schutter; title: Accountability to whom? / Angelina Fisher; title: The privatization continuum / Daphne Barak-Erez; title: Private prisons and the democratic deficit / Alfred C. Aman, Jr; title: Regulatory choices in the privatization of infrastructure / Mariana Moto Prado; title: Human rights and self-regulation in the apparel industry / Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt; title: Police informants / Jacqueline Ross; title: Intelligence services / Simon Chesterman; title: Peacekeeping / Chia Lehnards; title: Conclusion : private security, public order / Simon Chesterman & Anelina Fisher.