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Preventive Detention and the Democratic State.

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This book tracks the transformation of preventive detention from an emergency measure into an ordinary law enforcement tool in the democratic world.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Ludsin, Hallie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Preventive detention > India.
Due process of law > India.
Preventive detention > Comparative studies.
Due process of law > Comparative studies.
Due process of law
Preventive detention
India
Comparative studies
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title ; Copyright; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ; Introduction ; 1. The Theoretical Framework; Preventive detention and democratic principles ; The state of exception and its underlying cost-benefit analysis ; States of exception ; Cost-benefit analysis.
  • Risk aversion and the slippery slope Rise of the risk society ; The "deviant other" ; Exceptional circumstances ; The slippery slope ; Conclusion ; 2. The Policy Debates; Defining preventive detention ; The policy issues ; Choosing to detain ; Preventive detention or criminal prosecution?; Criminal harm.
  • Detention jurisdiction Who may be detained; Executive or judicial determination; Due process rights ; Judicial review; Right to information; Right to an attorney; Burden of proof; Indefinite detention ; Conclusion ; 3. Preventive Detention under International Law; Sources of international law ; Choosing to detain ; Preventive detention or criminal prosecution ; Criminal harm.
  • National security threatsDetention for protective purposes; Detention jurisdiction ; Who may be detained ; National security threats; Detention for protective purposes; Executive or judicial determination ; National security threats; Detention for protective purposes; Civil, criminal or laws-of-war detention ; Due process rights ; Judicial review ; Right to Information.
  • Right to an attorney Burden of proof ; Indefinite detention ; Other rights protections for detainees ; Gaps in the law governing preventive detention ; Conclusion ; 4. The History of Preventive Detention in India; Comparing apples and oranges? ; Preventive detention in colonial times ; Independence.

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