Counter-Terrorism, the Rule of Law and the 'Counter-Law' Critique
<p>The Rule of Law requires that the law be a reliable and non-oppressive guide to how citizens should act: as such, the laws governing every citizen must be rationally knowable and voluntarily followable (and, by extension, open to rational challenge and justification). Tendencies in counter-...
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| author | Phil Edwards |
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| description | <p>The Rule of Law requires that the law be a reliable and non-oppressive guide to how citizens should act: as such, the laws governing every citizen must be rationally knowable and voluntarily followable (and, by extension, open to rational challenge and justification). Tendencies in counter-terrorist legislation clearly run counter to the Rule of Law thus understood. Every move away from knowable and followable laws is a move away from it.</p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0f44921ffb84a92b854aa80d304df092022-12-22T02:07:40ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044Counter-Terrorism, the Rule of Law and the 'Counter-Law' CritiquePhil Edwards<p>The Rule of Law requires that the law be a reliable and non-oppressive guide to how citizens should act: as such, the laws governing every citizen must be rationally knowable and voluntarily followable (and, by extension, open to rational challenge and justification). Tendencies in counter-terrorist legislation clearly run counter to the Rule of Law thus understood. Every move away from knowable and followable laws is a move away from it.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/os7-counter-law/counter-law, Rule of Law, State of Emergency |
| spellingShingle | Phil Edwards Counter-Terrorism, the Rule of Law and the 'Counter-Law' Critique Verfassungsblog counter-law, Rule of Law, State of Emergency |
| title | Counter-Terrorism, the Rule of Law and the 'Counter-Law' Critique |
| title_full | Counter-Terrorism, the Rule of Law and the 'Counter-Law' Critique |
| title_fullStr | Counter-Terrorism, the Rule of Law and the 'Counter-Law' Critique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Counter-Terrorism, the Rule of Law and the 'Counter-Law' Critique |
| title_short | Counter-Terrorism, the Rule of Law and the 'Counter-Law' Critique |
| title_sort | counter terrorism the rule of law and the counter law critique |
| topic | counter-law, Rule of Law, State of Emergency |
| url | https://verfassungsblog.de/os7-counter-law/ |
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