Eu Counter-Terrorism Law: Pre-Emption and the Rule of Law (Expanded Edition)

By Cian Murphy

Now available in paperback, this study of the EU response to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks demonstrates how European counter-terrorism law strengthens state powers of coercion and control and weakens the rule of law. This expanded edition includes a new Afterword that examines mass surveillance in Europe and the implications for data privacy, the increasing court scrutiny of counter-terrorist finance measures, and the policies that aim to prevent combatants from taking part in terrorism overseas. It asks where the limits of legality lie - and whether courts and parliaments can safeguard political freedom in the face of ongoing efforts to combat terrorism. *** ..".expertly analyses the principal strands of the EU's response - criminalisation, measures against terrorist financing, targeted sanctions, data surveillance and European Warrants....unique in its range and its depth, this is the essential guide to EU counter-terrorism law." -- David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation *** ..".a comprehensive treatise on the European Union's tightening net of legal instruments aiming to constrain terrorism....presents the law within its political and philosophical context." -- Christina Eckes, Public Law *** ..".impressively ahead of its time: coming before the Snowden revelations of quite how far counter-terrorism has been prepared to go, Murphy's book both prepares us for shocks like this and suggests a way that Europe can (and should) react." -- Conor Gearty, Cambridge Law Journal This book was the second prize winner of the 2013 Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849468737
• ISBN13: 9781849468732
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"