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Protecting Constitutionalism in Treacherous Times: Why ‘Rights’ Don’t Matter (2008)

Abstract
Chapter 4 of "Fresh Perspectives on the ‘War on Terror’". The twenty-first century begins obsessed with matters of security and the supposed need to ‘trade-off’ security and liberty. So pervasive is this obsession that a recent Hollywood movie, known more for its state-of-the-art special effects and tortured plot lines than for its thought-provoking quality begins, dramatically, with the reading of an Emergency Proclamation.

Publication details
Download http://hdl.handle.net/1885/47261
Publisher ANU E Press
Contributors Gani, Miriam, Mathew, Penelope
Repository DSpace at The Australian National University (Australia)
Keywords Terrorism, War on Terrorism, National security, Islam and world politics
Type Book chapter
Language English