Detention and its alternatives under international law /

This text analyses the current state of international law on detention and its alternatives across national laws and policies. It identifies critiques stemming from the perception that international law prioritises procedural safeguards, leaving substantive legitimacy, necessity, and proportionality...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McGregor, Lorna (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Detention of persons. Imprisonment. Mentally ill > Commitment and detention > Law and legislation. Quarantine > Law and legislation. Refugee camps > Law and legislation. Human rights. Emprisonnement. Droits de l'homme (Droit international) imprisonment. Courts. LAW. Criminal Law. Sentencing. Criminal Procedure. Detention of persons Human rights Imprisonment Mentally ill > Commitment and detention > Law and legislation Quarantine > Law and legislation Refugee camps > Law and legislation Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Law. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Identifying deprivations of liberty
The overall framework on the prohibition of arbitrary detention under international law
Detention in the criminal justice system
Security detention
Detention of migrants
Mental health and social care detention
Detention on grounds of public health
Conclusion: commonalities and differences in detention and its alternatives under international law.