Israel's National Security Law : Political Dynamics and Historical Development.

Terror attacks on western civilian targets have stimulated interest in the dilemmas faced by liberal societies when combating threats to national security. Combining the perspectives of political science and law, this book addresses that discourse, asking how democracies seek to harmonize the protec...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Cohen, Amichai
Other Authors: Cohen, Stuart
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Israel's National Security Law; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I Foundations; 1 Frameworks of analysis; 2 Cultural contexts; PART II Development; 3 Centralization, 1948-1963; 4 Diffusion, 1963-1977; 5 Realignment, 1977-1995; 6 Legalization, 1995-2008; PART III Perspectives and prescriptions; 7 Diagnosis: Israel's hybrid national security legal framework; 8 Prognosis: Modes of reform; Notes; Bibliography; Index.