National Security Secrecy: Comparative Effects on Democracy and the Rule of Law

ISBN-13: 9781107576476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 244 str.

Sudha Setty

Opis

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

Recenzje

'Sudha Setty writes with remarkable dexterity about the exponential increase in the powers of the state to remain secret while enhancing national security regimes in the war against terror. Setty gives a comprehensive account of how national security secrecy is enabled legally and politically in contemporary democracies at the expense of structural accountability, rule of law and fundamental rights.' Ujjwal Kumar Singh, University of Delhi

Spis treści

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.