The Constitution of Law: Legality in a Time of Emergency

by David Dyzenhaus

Book Overview

Dyzenhaus deals with the urgent question of how governments should respond to emergencies and terrorism by exploring the idea that there is an unwritten constitution of law, exemplified in the common law constitution of Commonwealth countries. He looks mainly to cases decided in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada to demonstrate that even in the absence of an entrenched bill of rights, the law provides a moral resource that can inform a rule-of-law...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521677955
• ISBN13: 9780521677950
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.6"