Statutory intelligence, prerogative deployments: Explaining varying legal authorities for national security in Westminster states

2025/09/02 by Philippe Lagassé, Sebastian Payne · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #European Criminal Justice and Data Protection #International Law and Human Rights #Judicial and Constitutional Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/09615768.2025.2542014

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Abstract

1. This article seeks to answer the following question: why has statute displaced the royal prerogative for intelligence matters in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, but not f...

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