Dr Jessie Blackbourn's Outputs (18)

Mechanisms for Reviewing and Monitoring National Security Laws: the UK and Australia Compared (2021)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2021). Mechanisms for Reviewing and Monitoring National Security Laws: the UK and Australia Compared. Australian Law Journal, 95(10), 786-797. https://doi.org/10.3316/agis.20211105056428

The UK and Australia each have a strong mechanism for reviewing the necessity, proportionality and operation of national security laws, although the latter has more explicit statutory basis and powers. After each office escaped abolition, their conti... Read More about Mechanisms for Reviewing and Monitoring National Security Laws: the UK and Australia Compared.

Counterterrorism Legislation and Far-Right Terrorism in Australia and the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2021). Counterterrorism Legislation and Far-Right Terrorism in Australia and the United Kingdom. Common Law World Review, 50(1), 76-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473779521989332

Over the past two decades, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, a number of countries have enacted new laws tailored specifically to the threat posed by Islamic extremist terrorism. This includes recent legislation that has criminal... Read More about Counterterrorism Legislation and Far-Right Terrorism in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Closed Material Procedures in the Radicalisation Cases (2020)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2020). Closed Material Procedures in the Radicalisation Cases. Child and family law quarterly, 32(4),

Closed material procedures were originally introduced in the UK to enable courts to hear national security sensitive information in immigration cases in the absence of the non-government party and their lawyer. They were subsequently extended to the... Read More about Closed Material Procedures in the Radicalisation Cases.

Understanding and responding to right wing terrorism (2019)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J., McGarrity, N., & Roach, K. (2019). Understanding and responding to right wing terrorism. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 14(3), 183-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/18335330.2019.1667014

Accountability, Counter-Terrorism and Civil Liberties (2018)
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Blackbourn, J. (2018). Accountability, Counter-Terrorism and Civil Liberties. King's Law Journal, 29(2), 297-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/09615768.2018.1502070

The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor's first term: an appraisal (2016)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2016). The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor's first term: an appraisal

Editorial: Party discipline and the parliamentary process - Editors' introduction (2016)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J., & Davis, F. (2016). Editorial: Party discipline and the parliamentary process - Editors' introduction. Parliamentary Affairs, 69(2), 211-212. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsv046

Interdiction and indoctrination: The counter-terrorism and security act 2015 (2016)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J., & Walker, C. (2016). Interdiction and indoctrination: The counter-terrorism and security act 2015. Modern Law Review, 79(5), 840-870. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12217

Anti-Terrorism Law Reform: Now or Never? (2014)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2014). Anti-Terrorism Law Reform: Now or Never?. Public Law Review, 25(1), 3-7

Academic Consensus and Legislative Definitions of Terrorism: Applying Schmid and Jongman (2013)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J., Davis, F., & Taylor, N. (2013). Academic Consensus and Legislative Definitions of Terrorism: Applying Schmid and Jongman. Statute Law Review, 34(3), 239-261. https://doi.org/10.1093/slr/hms041

The UK's anti-terrorism laws: Does their practical use correspond to legislative intention? (2013)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2013). The UK's anti-terrorism laws: Does their practical use correspond to legislative intention?. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 8(1), 20-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/18335330.2013.789595

Listening and Hearings: Intercept Evidence in the Courtroom (2012)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J., & McGarrity, N. (2012). Listening and Hearings: Intercept Evidence in the Courtroom. Journal of commonwealth criminal law, 2(November), 257-282

Editor's Introduction: A decade on from 11 September 2001: What has critical terrorism studies learned? (2012)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J., Dexter, H., Dhanda, R., & Miller, D. (2012). Editor's Introduction: A decade on from 11 September 2001: What has critical terrorism studies learned?. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 5(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2012.659905

Evaluating the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation (2012)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2014). Evaluating the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation. Parliamentary Affairs, 67(4), 955-968. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gss082

The evolving definition of terrorism in UK law (2011)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2011). The evolving definition of terrorism in UK law. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 3(2), 131-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2010.512149

International terrorism and counterterrorist legislation: The case study of post-9/11 Northern Ireland (2009)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2009). International terrorism and counterterrorist legislation: The case study of post-9/11 Northern Ireland. Terrorism and Political Violence, 21(1), 133-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546550802558359

The Belfast international terrorism workshop: Edited by Richard English and Richard Jackson (2009)
Journal Article
English, R., Blackbourn, J., & Rekawek, K. (2009). The Belfast international terrorism workshop: Edited by Richard English and Richard Jackson. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2(2), 313-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/17539150903010228

Counter Terrorism and Civil Liberties: The United Kingdom Experience, 1968-2008 (2008)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2008). Counter Terrorism and Civil Liberties: The United Kingdom Experience, 1968-2008. Journal of the Institute of Justice and International Studies, 8, 63-74