Introduction: the expanded conception of security and institutions
dc.contributor.author | Nasu, Hitoshi | |
dc.contributor.author | Rubenstein, Kim | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-24T22:40:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T09:50:11Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Security is a dynamic, context-dependent concept that is inevitably shaped by social conditions and practices. The socio-political perception of security threats influences our security policies relevant to political decisions about the design of social institutions specifically addressing those security concerns. Security is traditionally understood to be physical protection of national territory and its population from the destructive effects of warfare through military means. Social institutions including but not limited to national governing institutions, inter-governmental institutions and the military are all devices developed through human history to collectively address traditional security threats. Security is often considered to be an antithesis of the rule of law and civil liberty, justifying violation of rules and the restriction of freedom. However, the development of international law and the institutionalisation of international public authorities have contributed to the increased normalcy or containment of extra-legal responses to security threats. For example, the Charter of the United Nations (‘UN Charter’) provides institutionalised mechanisms as the means of regulating the behaviour of sovereign states and conflict among them. The nuclear non-proliferation regime establishes mechanisms for preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and facilitating the development of peaceful nuclear energy technology by institutionalising the asymmetric obligations between designated nuclear-weapon states and other non-nuclear-weapon states. | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781107102781 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/98424 | |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Legal Perspectives on Security Institutions | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 1st Edition | |
dc.title | Introduction: the expanded conception of security and institutions | |
dc.type | Book chapter | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 24 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublication | Cambridge, United Kingdom | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 1 | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Nasu, Hitoshi, ANU College of Law, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Rubenstein, Kim, ANU College of Law, ANU | |
local.contributor.authoremail | u4263909@anu.edu.au | |
local.contributor.authoruid | Nasu, Hitoshi, u4263909 | |
local.contributor.authoruid | Rubenstein, Kim, u4324531 | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.absfor | 180116 - International Law (excl. International Trade Law) | |
local.identifier.absseo | 940303 - International Organisations | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970118 - Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u1015647xPUB12 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1017/CBO9781316212677.003 | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84954306277 | |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u1015647 | |
local.type.status | Published Version |
Downloads
Original bundle
1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
- Name:
- 01_Nasu_Introduction%3A_the_expanded_2015.pdf
- Size:
- 6.91 MB
- Format:
- Adobe Portable Document Format