Terror and the War on Dissent Freedom of Expression in the Age of Al-Qaeda /

• Main Author: Cram, Ian. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Law.; Comparative law.; Mass media > Law and legislation.; Public law.; Mass media.; Criminology.; European Law/Public International Law.; International & Foreign Law/Comparative Law.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Media Law.; Media Management.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00637-1

Located within wider debates about security versus liberty in our post 9/11 world, the book analyses the new landscape of UK counter terrorism powers and offences and focuses upon the deleterious consequences of the so-called war on terror on freedom of political expression and association. Ques...

Table of Contents:

• The War on Terror Security and Expressive Freedom
• The Protection of Dissent in International Human Rights Law
• The Regulation of Political Association and Possession of Documents under Domestic Counter-Terrorist Laws
• Incitement and Glorification of Terrorism
• Constraints on Newsgathering and the Coercion of Media Organisations: Production/Source Disclosure Orders
• The Disclosure of State Secrets and Dissent: Official Secrets, DA Notices and Freedom of Information
• Conclusion - Safeguarding the Jarring of Opinion; Where Now.