Jessie Blackbourn is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University. Her book Anti-Terrorism Law and Normalising Northern Ireland is published by Routledge.
International
Exclusion, prosecution or restricted re-entry?
Jessie Blackbourn
26 February 2019
The controversy over Shamima Begum’s bid to return to Britain from Syria has parallels in Australia
National affairs
Seeing a problem and passing a law
Jessie Blackbourn
22 October 2015
George Brandis’s latest anti-terror laws will be presented to parliament next month, writes Jessie Blackbourn. How well do they balance civil liberties and security?
National affairs
Buyer’s remorse
Jessie Blackbourn
13 November 2014
Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus has pointed to Britain’s parliamentary oversight of security agencies as a way of moderating Australia’s latest security laws. In…
National affairs
Real threats to the life of the nation
Jessie Blackbourn
2 October 2014
Rushed legislation and hastily extended sunset clauses make for bad anti-terrorism policy, argues Jessie Blackbourn
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