One Nation Under Surveillance: A New Social Contract to Defend Freedom Without Sacrificing Liberty is a book by Simon Chesterman

Simon Chesterman

Simon Chesterman is Vice Dean and law professor at the National University of Singapore, and "Global Professor and Director" of the Singaporean branch of the NYU School of Law. His research concerns international law, conceptions of public authority, state-building and post-conflict reconstruction...

, a law professor at the National University of Singapore

National University of Singapore

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 and global professor at the New York University School of Law

New York University School of Law

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Oxford University Press

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 published the book in March 2011. It examines what links — if any — should be placed on a government's efforts to spy on its citizens in the name of national security.

Advance praise includes a quote from former CIA Inspector-General Frederick Hitz

Frederick Hitz

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"This book squarely faces the taboo subject of domestic privacy in an era of Islamist terrorism. Our enemies are not nation-states, so the targets of the intelligence services seeking to pre-empt terrorist attacks must be individuals. The casualty will be individual privacy. People will struggle against heightened surveillance, Chesterman notes, 'but the war will be lost.'"

Gareth Evans

Gareth Evans (politician)

Gareth John Evans, AO, QC , is a former Australian politician from 1978 to 1999 representing the Australian Labor Party, serving in a number of ministries including Attorney-General and Foreign Minister from 1983 to 1996 in the Hawke and Keating governments. He was president and chief executive...

, president emeritus of Crisis Group

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 and former Foreign Affairs Minister of Australia

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)

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 has written:

"This is an important book, breaking new ground in the sweep of its analysis, its analytical insights, and the policy implications it draws out. It shows just how often foreign and domestic intelligence gathering in the major democracies has been insensitive to public accountability, legality, and its consequences for individuals, to the detriment of both liberty and security--and how this can and must change. Simon Chesterman writes, as always, with compelling clarity and authority."

Further reading

• Review in Times Higher Education by Gary T. Marx
  Gary T. Marx
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• Review by Chris Gilson in British Politics and Policy at LSE
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• Review by Thomas Dreier, JIPITEC 162, para. 1.

External links

• One Nation Under Surveillance website.
• http://www.SimonChesterman.com