Beschreibung:
Covering the last five decades, the book focusses on the 1980s and the Noughties through an analysis of legal work for two groups of independence seekers in the 1980s, namely, Republican (mostly Catholic) separatists in Northern Ireland and Puerto Rican separatists in the US, and on post-9/11 issues concerning basic freedoms in both countries
Acknowledgements.- Preface.- 1. Introduction.- PART I: POLITICAL CONTEXT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE JURIDICAL FIELD 2. Counter-terror Measures and Challenges in Law.- 3. Security, Exceptionalism, and the Rule of Law.- PART II: NATURE AND EXTENT OF LEGAL MOBILIZATION 4. The Guantánamo Bay Juridical Field.- 5. Legal Mobilization and Motivations.- 6. The 80s Northern Irish Juridical Field.- 7. The Post-9/11 English and Northern Irish Juridical Fields.- PART III: STRATEGIES AND OUTCOMES OF LEGAL MOBILIZATION 8. Legal Formalism and the Right to Liberty.- 9. Process and Substance in Outcomes.- PART IV: CONCLUSION 10. The Force of Law Unleashed?.