Normalization and Legislative Exceptionalism: Counterterrorist Lawmaking and the Changing Times of Security Emergencies

Andrew Neal

doi:10.1111/j.1749-5687.2012.00163.x

Normalization and Legislative Exceptionalism: Counterterrorist Lawmaking and the Changing Times of Security Emergencies

Andrew Neal

School of Social and Political Science

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This article analyzes counterterrorist lawmaking as an instance of security politics. It does so through archival parliamentary analysis of British counterterrorism legislation at three different times: in the wake of a perceived security emergency (2001), when the impact of an emergency is fading (2008), and when there is no emergency (2000). The findings show that over time, legislative exceptions and emergencies become normalized. By taking a parliamentary, legislative, historical perspective, the article also challenges some of the assumptions of the exceptionalism debate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	260-276
Journal	International Political Sociology
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-5687.2012.00163.x
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2012

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normalization
exception
law
terrorism
UK
paliament
security

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Normalization and Legislative Exceptionalism
© Neal, A. (2012). Normalization and Legislative Exceptionalism: Counterterrorist Lawmaking and the Changing Times of Security Emergencies. International Political Sociology, 6(3), 260-276 doi: 10.1111/j.1749-5687.2012.00163.x
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