The limits of liberty

What are the key overarching legal and political questions that arise with respect to liberty across contexts such as mental health, vagrancy, anti-social behaviour, public morals, protective custody, immigration and preventive (security related) detention? What do new practices such as electronic tagging mean for liberty? What is the role of courts and what indeed constitutes effective judicial supervision in securing liberty in these contexts? This project examines issues in the context of liberty and its limits across a spectrum broader than the more commonly discussed framework of national security and counter-terrorism.