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New Arrival Security, Constitutionalism and Legal Systems

Security, Constitutionalism and Legal Systems

Author: Paola Piciacchia
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781041131472
Published In: February 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The book explores, through new studies, the theme of security in its multiple dec-linations from a comparative and European public law perspective. It highlights the current complexity of the dynamics related to public security at the domestic and international levels and the reflections that these dynamics may have on contemporary constitutionalism and the rule of law. It critically examines how contemporary challenges reshape the concept of security and its relationship with democratic governance and fundamental rights. From this perspective, the volume presents different analytical contributions that together create a multifaceted picture, as does the importance of new reflections on emerging challenges, such as those deter-mined by evolving technologies. In light of this picture, by integrating theoretical analysis with empirical case studies, this volume provides a comprehensive per-spective on security and defence governance in contemporary legal systems and helps to understand the complexity of security profiles, which today tend to intertwine. These analyses increasingly demonstrate the need for state resilience, re-sponsiveness, and the coordination of public defence and security policies.]

Foreword: The value of security

Giuseppe de Vergottini

Preface

Paola Picicacchia

Part 1: National security and rule of law

Chapter 1: The proliferation of global insecurities and the transformation of the security concept among complex interconnections of responsibilities and impacts on the rule of law

Paola Piciacchia

Chapter 2: Constitutional dimensions of security and protection of fundamental rights

Ludovica Durst

Chapter 3: Emergency situations and source of law: Stress test for forms of state and forms of government

Marina Calamo Specchia

Chapter 4: The courts' judicial review of the declaration and extension of a state of emergency in comparative perspective

Emanuele Gabriele

Chapter 5: How to regulate states of emergency in the Italian Constitution

Stefano Ceccanti and Giuliaserena Stegher

Part II. Security, institutional actors and procedures: Some meaningful experiences

Chapter 6: The evolution of the role of the Italian Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic (COPASIR): A model of parliamentary oversight to emulate

Salvatore Curreri

Chapter 7: French "Defence and National Security Council" and Fifth Republic president's role in defence policy

Rino Casella

Chapter 8: Democratic control over defence policies in Latin America

Rosa Iannaccone

Chapter 9: Old and new routes for evading parliamentary approval of defence and security agreements: Executive and non-binding agreements in recent cases

Andrea Fiorentino

Part III. New issues in European security and defence policy

Chapter 10: The emerging challenges of the European Union defence policy: Some considerations on the interconnection between space and defence

Francesco Battaglia

Chapter 11: The first twenty years of the European Defence Agency: Assessment, challenges and prospects

Enrico Campelli and Francesco Clementi

Chapter 12: Security in the European Schengen Area: Critical issues concerning the closure of internal borders

Laura Fabiano

Chapter 13: National security and the protection of companies carrying out activities of strategic importance in the framework of the European Regulation 2019/452

Maria Vittoria Ferroni

Part IV. National security threats and technology

Chapter 14: National security and social media: The case of TikTok

Giulia Caravale

Chapter 15: Searching for a holistic response to hybrid threats: The case of HDTs in military intelligence

Ciro Sbailò

Chapter 16: The challenges of biometric data in the field of security: A comparative perspective

Arianna Vedaschi and Chiara Graziani