Preventive Detention and the Democratic State
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Preventive Detention and the Democratic State

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Preventive Detention and the Democratic State

About this book

Preventive Detention and the Democratic State tracks the transformation of preventive detention from an emergency measure into an ordinary law enforcement tool in the democratic world. Historically, democracies used preventive detention only in the extraordinary circumstance in which the criminal justice system was impotent. They preferred criminal prosecution and its strict due process requirements to detaining people for a crime they may never commit. This book shows that major democracies have begun using detention as an insurance policy against dangerous people. In the process, they have embarked on a slippery slope that allows them to use preventive detention to bypass the criminal justice system. Already, detention has established a separate, inferior legal system for certain suspected criminals. Comparing preventive detention in India, England and the United States, the book brings to light its potentially dire consequences for the rule of law, due process rights and democratic principles based on the very real experiences of these countries.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. The Theoretical Framework
  9. 2. The Policy Debates
  10. 3. Preventive Detention under International Law
  11. 4. The History of Preventive Detention in India
  12. 5. India’s Current Preventive Detention Legislation
  13. 6. India: Preventive Detention and Due Process
  14. 7. India: The Risk Society and the Slippery Slope
  15. 8. Preventive Detention in England
  16. 9. England: Preventive Detention and Due Process
  17. 10. Preventive Detention in the United States
  18. 11. The United States: Preventive Detention and Procedural Due Process
  19. 12. Preventive Detention’s Slippery Slope
  20. 13. Preventive Detention and Liberal Democracy
  21. Index