Full Description
This study of the EU response to the 11 September 2001 attacks demonstrates how European counter-terrorism law strengthens state powers of coercion and control and weakens the rule of law. In this expanded edition a new Afterword examines mass surveillance in Europe and the implications for data privacy, the increasing court scrutiny of counter-terrorist finance measures, and policies that aim to prevent combatants from taking part in terrorism overseas. It asks where the limits of legality lie - and whether courts and parliaments can safeguard political freedom in the face of ongoing efforts to combat terrorism.
' ... expertly analyses the principal strands of the EU's response - criminalisation, measures against terrorist financing, targeted sanctions, data surveillance and European Warrants ... Unique in its range and its depth, this is the essential guide to EU counter-terrorism law'.
David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
' ... a comprehensive treatise on the European Union's tightening net of legal instruments aiming to constrain terrorism ... presents the law within its political and philosophical context ...'.
Christina Eckes, Public Law
' ... impressively ahead of its time: coming before the Snowden revelations of quite how far counter-terrorism has been prepared to go, Murphy's book both prepares us for shocks like this and suggests a way that Europe can (and should) react'.
Conor Gearty, Cambridge Law Journal
Contents
PART I: TERRORISM, PRE-EMPTION AND THE EU RULE OF LAW
Introduction: September 11: Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law
1. European Counter-Terrorism Action
2. The EU Rule of Law
PART II: EU COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION
3. Criminalising 'Terrorism' in EU Law
4. Anti-Money-Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Finance
5. Targeted Asset-Freezing Sanctions
6. Data Surveillance
7. European Warrants
PART III: THE FUTURE OF EU COUNTER-TERRORISM
8. Rule of Law and Pre-Emption Reconsidered
Epilogue: EU Counter-Terrorism in a post-'War on Terror' World
