nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/921dcb655a193501 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260217s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/921dcb655a193501 doi eng 342 23 Greene, Alan Author aut Soft Law in Hard Times - Banning Palestine Action and the Dangers of Executive Discretion Greene, Alan Verfassungsblog 2026-02-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Seasoned court watchers were no doubt surprised by the English High Court’s decision to overturn the British Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action. For anybody even casually familiar with British courts’ approach to national security-related matters, the odds of success were not good. The judgment is certainly not a slam-dunk victory for Palestine Action and it is replete with extensive discussion condemning the actions of the group. And yet despite these admonishments, the judgment intimates at wider concerns as to the role of counter-terrorism legislation in liberal democracies CC BY-SA 4.0 anti-terrorism Freedom of Speech Israel-Hamas War Palestine Palestine Action Protest Right to Protest Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/palestine-action-judgment-high-court/ raw object