In from the Cold: National Security and Parliamentary Democracy

by Ian Leigh and Laurence Lustgarten

How, in a democratic state, can the competing interests of the need for national security and the demand for open government be reconciled? Should Security Services have a legal obligation to report their activities and should their members be held liable for exceeding the powers bestowed upon them by Parliament? These questions have taxed governments and academic commentators for generations until now. The early 1990s have witnessed an unprecedented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019825234X
• ISBN13: 9780198252344
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"