Overview

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.

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Author:   Paola Piciacchia
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781041131472

ISBN 10:   104113147
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   20 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Foreword: The value of security, Giuseppe de Vergottini; Preface, Paola Picicacchia; Part 1: National security and rule of law; 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; 2. Constitutional dimensions of security and protection of fundamental rights, Ludovica Durst; 3. Emergency situations and source of law: Stress test for forms of state and forms of government, Marina Calamo Specchia; 4. The courts' judicial review of the declaration and extension of a state of emergency in comparative perspective, Emanuele Gabriele; 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; 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; 7. French ""Defence and National Security Council"" and Fifth Republic president's role in defence policy, Rino Casella; 8. Democratic control over defence policies in Latin America, Rosa Iannaccone; 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; 10. The emerging challenges of the European Union defence policy: Some considerations on the interconnection between space and defence, Francesco Battaglia; 11. The first twenty years of the European Defence Agency: Assessment, challenges and prospects, Enrico Campelli and Francesco Clementi; 12. Security in the European Schengen Area: Critical issues concerning the closure of internal borders, Laura Fabiano; 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; 14.National security and social media: The case of TikTok, Giulia Caravale; 15. Searching for a holistic response to hybrid threats: The case of HDTs in military intelligence, Ciro Sbailò; 16. The challenges of biometric data in the field of security: A comparative perspective, Arianna Vedaschi and Chiara Graziani.

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Paola Piciacchia is an Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law at the Department of Political Science (DISP), Sapienza University of Rome, where she teaches Constitutional Systems and Public Security and Parliaments and governments in contemporary democracies and relations with the EU.

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