Treffer: The autonomy of law in the war on terror: A contribution from social systems theory

Title:
The autonomy of law in the war on terror: A contribution from social systems theory
Authors:
TOSINI, Domenico
Source:
International journal of law, crime and justice (Print). 40(2):115-131
Publisher Information:
Kidlington: Elsevier, 2012.
Publication Year:
2012
Physical Description:
print, 2 p.1/4
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Jurisprudence, Droit, Sociology, Sociologie, Sociologie, Sociology, Sociologie juridique et criminelle, Sociology of law and criminology, Sociologie du droit et de la justice, Sociology of law and justice, Sociologie de la connaissance et de la culture, Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture, Sociologie du loisir et de la culture, Sociology of leisure and mass culture, Sociologie du risque et des catastrophes, Risk and disasters sociology, Victimologie, Victimology, Autonomie, Autonomy, Droit, Law, Gestion du risque, Risk management, Légalité, Legality, Système social, Social system, Terrorisme, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Antiterrorism, Autonomy of law, Binary coding, Counterterrorism, Functional specification, Guantanamo Bay, Legal autopoiesis, Social systems theory, State of emergency
Document Type:
Fachzeitschrift Article
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
University of Trento, Department of Sociology and Social Research, Via Verdi 26, 38122 Trento, Italy
ISSN:
1756-0616
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=25816639
Rights:
Copyright 2015 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Sociology

FRANCIS
Accession Number:
edscal.25816639
Database:
PASCAL Archive

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The article analyses the impact of post-2001 counterterrorism policies on the autonomy of law, focussing on American and British measures and adopting social systems theory as a theoretical framework. Contemporary societies are conceptualised as social systems in which law operates as an autonomous subsystem. Its autonomy primarily is based on constant reference by decisions to the binary coding legal/illegal associated with the application of specific legal principles and procedures. Following the terrorist attacks of 2001, the structure of societal differentiation has been under attack from a twofold risk. A political risk is posed by armed organisations such as Al-Qaeda because of their threats to states sovereignty. An additional risk in relation to law depends on extraordinary powers, such as those established by certain recent antiterrorism legislation and several executive provisions. States attempt to subordinate decisions related to the new counterterrorism policies to the test of their efficiency/inefficiency in guaranteeing security, at the expense of questions about their legal/illegal nature and legal constraints. An analysis of the special detention at Guantanamo Bay provides evidence of a complex set of decisions endangering the autonomy of law.