The Harbinger Theory demonstrates that extreme measures have been consistently embraced in politics, scholarship, and public opinion, not in terms of a general fear of the greater threat that terrorism now poses, but a more specific belief that 9/11 was the harbinger of a new order of terror, giving rise to the likelihood of an attack on the same scale as 9/11 or greater in the near future, involving thousands of casualties or weapons of mass destruction.
The Harbinger Theory demonstrates that extreme measures have been consistently embraced in politics, scholarship, and public opinion, not in terms of a general fear of the greater threat that terrorism now poses, but a more specific belief that 9/11 was the harbinger of a new order of terror, giving rise to the likelihood of an attack on the same scale as 9/11 or greater in the near future, involving thousands of casualties or weapons of mass destruction.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert Diab is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University, and specializes in Canadian and U.S. national security law, criminal, and constitutional law. He is the author of Guantanamo North: Terrorism and the Administration of Justice in Canada (2008) and co-Editor in Chief of the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law. He received his LLM and PhD from the University of British Columbia, and holds two other graduate degrees in English literature and interdisciplinary studies. Prior to moving into academia, he practiced criminal law as a BC prosecutor and as a defense attorney.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. The Embrace of Authoritarian Legality 3. The Harbinger Theory in Politics, Culture, and Public Opinion 4. The Future of Terror in Expert Literature and the Advocacy of Extreme Measures 5 Opportunity Lost: Liberal Deference to the Harbinger Theory 6 An Alternative Case for Reform 7. Outstanding Questions and Recommendations for Reform Bibliography Index
1. Introduction 2. The Embrace of Authoritarian Legality 3. The Harbinger Theory in Politics, Culture, and Public Opinion 4. The Future of Terror in Expert Literature and the Advocacy of Extreme Measures 5 Opportunity Lost: Liberal Deference to the Harbinger Theory 6 An Alternative Case for Reform 7. Outstanding Questions and Recommendations for Reform Bibliography Index
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