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This book explores the implications of banning people from public space for the rule of law, fundamental rights, and democracy.
List of contents
Summary contents; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: 1.1 Exclusion from public space and its challenges to liberal democracy; 1.2 Methodology; 1.3 Scope of research; 1.4 Language and terminology; 1.5 Structure of the study; 2. Public Space and its Transformation: 2.1 The definition of 'public space' and related concepts; 2.2 Historical background; 2.3 The importance of public space; 2.4 Regulation of the use of public spac; 2.5 The transformation of public space; 2.6 Conclusion; 3. Exclusion from Public Space: 3.1 Historical background: the decline of banishment; 3.2 The resurgence of exclusion; 3.3 The targets of exclusio; 3.4 A typology of exclusion measures; 3.5 Conclusion; 4. Rule of Law: 4.1 The rule of law/Rechtsstaatsprinzip; 4.2 Principle of legality; 4.3 Requirement of sufficient precision; 4.4 Procedural safeguards and access to justice; 4.5 Conclusion; 5. Fundamental Rights: Liberty: 5.1 Fundamental and human rights; 5.2 Scope of protection; 5.3 Limitations; 5.4 Conclusion; 6. Fundamental Rights: Equality: 6.1 The right to equality and non-discrimination; 6.2 Exclusion from public space and the right to equality and non-discrimination; 6.3 Conclusion; 7. Democracy: 7.1 Democracy; 7.2 The democratic legitimacy of exclusion measures; 7.3 The consequences of exclusion measures for democracy; 7.4 Conclusion; 8. A Right (of Access) to Public Space?: 8.1 'Reclaiming public space'?; 8.2 De lege lata: is there a right to public space?; 8.3 De lege ferenda: is there a need for a right to public space?; 8.4 Conclusion; 9. Synthesis: 9.1 Conclusion: exclusion measures in conflict with liberal democracy; 9.2 Outlook: the importance of civic responsibility; Bibliography; Annex I. Overview of the most important exclusion norms; Annex II. Typology of exclusion norms.
About the author
Daniel Moeckli is Assistant Professor of Public International Law and Constitutional Law at the University of Zurich and Fellow of the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre. He is the author of Human Rights and Non-discrimination in the 'War on Terror' (2008), for which he was awarded the Paul Guggenheim Prize, and co-editor of International Human Rights Law (2014). Before joining the University of Zurich, he was a Lecturer at the University of Nottingham and worked for the International Bar Association, Amnesty International, and the Supreme Court of the Canton of Berne.
Summary
This book will be of interest to all those interested in constitutional law, public law, human rights law, criminal law, criminology, and comparative law. It will help readers to understand what implications banning people from parts of public space has for the constitutional essentials of liberal democracy: the rule of law, fundamental rights, and democracy.
