Parliament’S Secret War (Hart Studies In Security And Justice)

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Parliament's Secret War -- A. The Role of the House of Commons in War Powers Decisions: An Historical View -- B. From Discretion to Democratisation -- C. Roadmap of the Book -- D. Methodology: The Political Constitution and Evidence-Based Public Law -- 2. A Legal War? -- A. Use of Force as an International Legal Question -- B. Bringing the War Question Home -- C. Use of Force as a Domestic Question -- D. The Implications of Linking International Legality to Parliament's Constitutional Role on War -- E. Shining a Light on the Subjugation of Politics -- 3. The Convention as a Battlefield -- A. The Role of Conventions in the UK Constitutional Sphere -- B. The Timing of the Engagement -- C. Parliament's Hollow Veto Power -- D. Emergencies, Drones and Special Forces -- E. Unrealised Accountability -- 4. The Deployment of Secrecy -- A. Groupthink and Information Asymmetry -- B. Complete Asymmetry: Refusing Debates and Making Secret Pre-commitments -- C. Partial Asymmetry: Selective Disclosures -- D. Reforming the Intelligence Machinery: An Incomplete Solution -- E. Towards a New Nomenclature of Secrecy -- 5. Re-arming Parliament:Fostering Politics -- A. Moving Beyond the Standard Solutions -- B. Creating Space for Politics and Equipping Parliament for Deliberation -- C. Voting Within a Culture of Justification -- 6. Closed Intelligence Sessions -- A. Chilcot's Proposal for Parliamentary Scrutiny of Intelligence Material -- B. The Alternative: Closed Intelligence Sessions of the Whole House of Commons -- C. Justifications for Initiating a Closed Intelligence Session -- D. Controlling Abuse of Closed Intelligence Sessions -- E. Security Considerations -- F. Inclusive Secrecy, Transparency, Participation and Accountability -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

• | Author: Veronika Fikfak|Hayley Hooper, Ben Saul
• | Publisher: Hart Publishing
• | Publication Date: Feb 22, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Law
• | ISBN-10: 1509902872
• | ISBN-13: 9781509902873