Security State in Pakistan

Informationen zum Autor Syed Sami Raza received his PhD from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, US. He is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Zusammenfassung The book examines the legal regime of security in Pakistan. It revolves around the oncept of "precarity" of life and rights in the face of a growing legal security regime in the country. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: The Colonial State of Security Chapter 2: The Post-colonial State of Security Chapter 3: The Anti-Terrorism Act, ATA (1997) Chapter 4: Expansion and Entrenchment of the Legal Regime of Security Chapter 5: Security and the Absolute Right to Life: Critical Reflections on the Revival of Capital Punishment Chapter 6: Aliens, Identity, and Legal Regime of Security on the Border Chapter 7: Epilogue: Kharotabad Killings: Security and Political Responsibility Table of Cases Table of Laws End Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Syed Raza, Syed Sami Raza, Syed Sami (University of Peshawar Raza
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138309104
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30910-4
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics; Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Syed Sami Raza