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Eu Counter-Terrorism Law - (Modern Studies in European Law) by Cian C Murphy (Paperback)

Eu Counter-Terrorism Law - (Modern Studies in European Law) by  Cian C Murphy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This study of the EU response to the 11 September 2001 attacks demonstrates how European counter-terrorism law strengthens state powers of coercion and control and weakens the rule of law. In this expanded edition a new Afterword examines mass surveillance in Europe and the implications for data privacy, the increasing court scrutiny of counter-terrorist finance measures, and 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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Cian C Murphy is Academic Co-Director of the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies and a member of the law faculty at King's College London.

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