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Terror and the War on Dissent [electronic resource] :Freedom of Expression in the Age of Al-Qaeda / by Ian Cram.

by Cram, Ian [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.Description: XIV, 170 p. online resource.ISBN: 9783642006371.Subject(s): Law | Comparative law | Mass media -- Law and legislation | Public law | Mass media | Criminology | Law | European Law/Public International Law | International & Foreign Law/Comparative Law | Criminology & Criminal Justice | Media Law | Media ManagementOnline resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
‘The War on Terror’ Security and Expressive Freedom -- The Protection of Dissent in International Human Rights Law -- The Regulation of Political Association and Possession of Documents Under Domestic Counter-Terrorist Laws -- Incitement and Glorification of Terrorism -- Constraints on Newsgathering and the Coercion of Media Organisations -- The Disclosure of State Secrets and Dissent: Official Secrets, DA Notices and Freedom of Information -- Conclusion.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Located within wider debates about ‘security versus liberty’ in our post 9/11 world, the book analyses the new landscape of UK counter terrorism powers and offences and focuses upon the deleterious consequences of the so-called ‘war on terror’ on freedom of political expression and association. Questioning the compatibility of recent speech-limiting measures with liberalism’s established commitment to free speech and international human rights norms, the book takes a critical look at new powers to proscribe ‘extremist’ political parties, possession offences and other criminal controls (eg. Official Secrets Act prosecutions) as well as new offences such as ‘glorification’ of terrorism. Less visible, extra-legal forms of censorship are also evaluated. The monograph concludes by asking how a more vigorous defence of unorthodox and unpopular forms of expression might be safeguarded in the UK.
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‘The War on Terror’ Security and Expressive Freedom -- The Protection of Dissent in International Human Rights Law -- The Regulation of Political Association and Possession of Documents Under Domestic Counter-Terrorist Laws -- Incitement and Glorification of Terrorism -- Constraints on Newsgathering and the Coercion of Media Organisations -- The Disclosure of State Secrets and Dissent: Official Secrets, DA Notices and Freedom of Information -- Conclusion.

Located within wider debates about ‘security versus liberty’ in our post 9/11 world, the book analyses the new landscape of UK counter terrorism powers and offences and focuses upon the deleterious consequences of the so-called ‘war on terror’ on freedom of political expression and association. Questioning the compatibility of recent speech-limiting measures with liberalism’s established commitment to free speech and international human rights norms, the book takes a critical look at new powers to proscribe ‘extremist’ political parties, possession offences and other criminal controls (eg. Official Secrets Act prosecutions) as well as new offences such as ‘glorification’ of terrorism. Less visible, extra-legal forms of censorship are also evaluated. The monograph concludes by asking how a more vigorous defence of unorthodox and unpopular forms of expression might be safeguarded in the UK.

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