Soft Law in Hard Times - Banning Palestine Action and the Dangers of Executive Discretion
Greene, Alan
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Verfassungsblog
2026-02-17
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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
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Greene, Alan
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Freedom of Speech
Israel-Hamas War
Palestine
Palestine Action
Protest
Right to Protest
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