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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC EU Counter-Terrorism Law: Pre-Emption and the Rule of Law by Dr Cian C Murphy
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 EUs 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 Unions 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 Murphys book both prepares us for shocks like this and suggests a way that Europe can (and should) react.Conor Gearty Cambridge Law Journalshow more