Sudha Setty

National Security Secrecy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book considers how excessive national security secrecy undercuts democracy and the rule of law, necessitating comparative and critical analysis toward potential reforms.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9781107130623
• ISBN-10: 110713062X
• Artikelnr.: 48860048

Autorenporträt

Sudha Setty teaches national security law and comparative constitutional law at Western New England University School of Law, where she has twice won teaching awards. She was a Fulbright Senior Specialist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, and has edited Constitutions, Security, and the Rule of Law (2014). Setty has also served as chair of the Comparative Law and National Security Law sections of the Association of American Law Schools.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Infrastructure of Secrecy in the United States: 1. Executive branch secrecy
2. Congressional complicity
3. An overly deferential judiciary
Part II. Comparative Perspectives on Transparency: 4. International and supranational norms
5. The United Kingdom
6. India
Part III. Societal Tolerance for National Security Secrecy: 7. Public and political resilience
8. Individual privacy and secrecy: a matter of contract or a human right?
Conclusion.