Preventive detention and security law : : a comparative survey / / edited by Andrew Harding and John Hatchard.

• Superior document: International Studies in Human Rights ; 31
• TeilnehmendeR: Harding, Andrew, 1950-; Hatchard, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Dordrecht, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Martinus Nijhoff,, [1993]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 1993
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Human Rights ; 31.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Information about Contributors
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1 Nature and Scope of the Book
• 1.2 Definitions
• 1.3 Some General Comments on the Law of Preventive Detention
• 1.4 A Model Code of Preventive-Detention Law
• 1.5 Protecting Detainees Whilst in Detention
• 1.6 Standard Minimum Rules for the Protection of Persons Detained Without Trial
• 1.7 The Role of Law-Enforcement Officials
• 1.8 The Role of the Medical Profession
• 1.9 Redress for Detainees
• 1.10 Conclusions
• Chapter 2: Preventive Detention and Public Security: Towards a General Model
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 What is Preventive Detention?
• 2.3 The Institutional Structure of Preventive-Detention Systems
• 2.4 The Constitutional Context
• 2.5 Preventive-Detention Statutes
• 2.6 Administrative Review
• 2.7 Judicial Review
• 2.8 Conclusions
• Table 1: Preventive Detention - the State and the Law
• Table 2: Detainees' Rights
• Chapter 3: Bangladesh
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Constitutional Guarantees and Political Development
• 3.3 The Main Provisions of the Special Powers Act
• 3.4 Restrictive Interpretation of the Special Powers Act
• 3.5 Emergency, Martial Law and Preventive Detention
• Chapter 4: India - an Overview
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 History of Preventive-Detention Law
• 4.3 The National Security Act 1980
• 4.4 The Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act 1974
• 4.5 The Constitutional Dimensions of Judicial Review
• 4.6 Judicial Review and Preventive Detention
• 4.7 Conclusions
• Chapter 5: India - Judicial Review
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Constitutional Protection Against Preventive Detention
• 5.3 Judicial Review of Preventive Detention
• Chapter 6: Kenya
• 6.1 Preventive Detention in Context.
• 6.2 Preventive Detention and the Legal Process
• 6.3 Preventive Detention and the Measures of Restraint: the Practice
• 6.4 The Scope for Parliamentary Control
• 6.5 Conclusions
• Chapter 7: Malawi
• 7.1 The Law of Preventive Detention
• 7.2 Ministerial Detention Orders
• 7.3 Judicial Review of Detentions
• 7.4 Compensation for Wrongful Detention
• Chapter 8: Malaysia
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 The Constitutional Guarantees
• 8.3 The Preventive-Detention Laws
• 8.4 The Detention
• 8.5 Safeguards Against Preventive Detention
• 8.6 The Conditions of Detention
• 8.7 The Right to Consult a Legal Practitioner
• 8.8 The Basis of Judicial Review
• 8.9 Conclusions
• Chapter 9: Nigeria
• 9.1 Background
• 9.2 The Current Law of Detention: Decree No 2 of 1984
• 9.3 Executive Practice
• 9.4 Judicial Practice
• 9.5 Conclusions
• Chapter 10: Pakistan
• 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 Constitutional Sanctions
• 10.3 Judicial Review
• 10.4 Preventive-Detention Statutes
• 10.5 Grounds of Detention
• 10.6 Executive Satisfaction
• Chapter 11: Singapore
• 11.1 Introduction
• 11.2 Legislative Powers
• 11.3 Executive Powers
• 11.4 Judicial Powers: Chng Suan Tze's Case
• 11.5 Judicial Powers: Legislative Intervention
• 11.6 Rights of Detainees
• 11.7 Conclusions
• Chapter 12: South Africa
• 12.1 Introduction
• 12.2 Preventive Detention Provisions of the Internal Security Act
• 12.3 Preventive Detention During the State of Emergency
• 12.4 Wrongful Detention
• 12.5 Conclusions
• Chapter 13: Sri Lanka
• 13.1 Introduction
• 13.2 Regulations Made under the Public Security Ordinance
• 13.3 The Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act
• 13.4 Constitutional Validity of Preventive-Detention Laws
• 13.5 Rights of a Detainee to Make Representations
• 13.6 Judicial Review
• Chapter 14: Swaziland
• 14.1 Introduction.
• 14.2 The Detention Order 1978
• 14.3 Constitutional Guarantees of Civil Liberties
• 14.4 Conditions in Detention
• Chapter 15: Tanzania
• 15.1 History of Preventive Detention
• 15.2 Salient Features of the Detention Laws
• 15.3 Conclusions
• Chapter 16: Trinidad and Tobago
• 16.1 Introduction
• 16.2 Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
• 16.3 Preventive Detention During the State of Emergency of 1970
• 16.4 Preventive Detention During the State of Emergency of 1990
• Chapter 17: United Kingdom
• 17.1 Introduction
• 17.2 The Security Legislation
• 17.3 Safeguards
• 17.4 Conclusions
• Chapter 18: Zambia
• 18.1 Introduction
• 18.2 Preventive Detention: an Historical Overview
• 18.3 Law on Preventive Detention
• 18.4 Preventive Detention and Individual Liberty
• 18.5 The Rights of Detainees
• 18.6 Conclusion
• Chapter 19: Zimbabwe
• 19.1 Preventive-Detention Laws in Rhodesia
• 19.2 Preventive-Detention Laws in Zimbabwe
• 19.3 Judicial Review
• 19.4 Protecting the Rights of Detainees
• 19.5 Second-Schedule Safeguards
• 19.6 Consequences of Breach of Constitutional Safeguards
• 19.7 Conditions of Detention
• 19.8 Overview
• Table of Cases
• Table of Statutes
• Bibliography
• Index
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