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Towards A Right To Privacy In Transnational Intelligence Networks, Francesca E. Bignami
Towards A Right To Privacy In Transnational Intelligence Networks, Francesca E. Bignami
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Antiterrorism intelligence sharing across national borders has been trumpeted as one of the most promising forms of networked global governance. By exchanging information across the world, government agencies can catch terrorists and other dangerous criminals. Yet this new form of global governance is also one of the most dangerous. Even at the domestic level, secrecy and national security imperatives have placed intelligence agencies largely beyond legal and democratic oversight. But at the global level, accountability is missing entirely. Global cooperation among national intelligence agencies is extraordinarily opaque. The nature of the international system compounds the problem: these actors do not …
Civil Society And International Organizations: A Liberal Framework For Global Governance, Francesca E. Bignami
Civil Society And International Organizations: A Liberal Framework For Global Governance, Francesca E. Bignami
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An earlier draft of this Article was presented at a faculty workshop at the University of Illinois College of Law. (Author's Manuscript, March 2005) This analysis of how civil society can contribute to a better system of global governance draws on the political philosophy of civil society and the comparative law of democracy. Its first part describes the civil society phenomenon in three different international organizations: the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and the European Union. Part Two puts forward the moral principle upon which my argument rests: liberal democracy. The next part sets the stage for the discussion …