National security secrecy : comparative effects on democracy and the rule of law /

National security secrecy : comparative effects on democracy and the rule of law /

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Author / Creator:	Setty, Sudha N., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	xi, 234 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	ASCL Studies in Comparative Law
Subject:	Secrecy -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain. Secrecy -- Law and legislation -- India. National security -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain. National security -- Law and legislation -- India. Privacy, Right of -- Great Britain. Privacy, Right of -- India. Government information -- Law and legislation. Democracy. Rule of law. Democracy. Government information -- Law and legislation. National security -- Law and legislation. Privacy, Right of. Rule of law. Secrecy -- Law and legislation. Great Britain. India.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11311876

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ISBN:	9781107130623 110713062X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-228) and index.
Summary:	"Excessive government secrecy in the name of counterterrorism has had a corrosive effect on democracy and the rule of law. In the United States, when controversial national security programs were run by the Bush and Obama administrations - including in areas of targeted killings, torture, extraordinary rendition, and surveillance - excessive secrecy often prevented discovery of those actions. Both administrations insisted they acted legally, but often refused to explain how they interpreted the governing law to justify their actions. They also fought to keep Congress from exercising oversight, to keep courts from questioning the legality of these programs, and to keep the public in the dark. Similar patterns have arisen in other democracies around the world. [This book looks] at these problems and demonstrates how government transparency, privacy, and accountability should provide the basis for reform."--

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