The Governance of Terror

Precautionary Logic and Counterterrorist Law Reform After September 11

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6089756
AutoresAndrew Goldsmith (0000-0002-2791-9119, Flinders University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen30
Número2
Páginas141-167
Fecha de publicación2008-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLaw & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9930.2008.00272.x
OpenAlexW2045860532
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas27

This article examines how lawmakers respond through law reform to the prospect of further terrorist attacks after September 11. The first part examines ways of conceptualizing the terrorist threat, drawing upon notions of risk, fear, catastrophe, and precaution. The concept of the Precautionary Principle is introduced and explored as a tool for making sense of, and improving, law reform processes in counterterrorism. The second part deploys these concepts through two case studies of counterterrorist law reform: Canada and Australia. What constitutes expertise in this area is considered, as is the capacity of legislators to scrutinize the arguments of necessity and prognoses of dire threat put forward by executive government

Corporate governance · Economics · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Law reform · Management · Political science · Sociology · Terrorism · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses