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Jessie Blackbourn, Evaluating the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 67, Issue 4, October 2014, Pages 955–968, https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gss082
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Abstract
On the morning of 11 September 2001, Lord Carlile of Berriew Q.C. was appointed as the UK government's first independent reviewer of terrorism legislation under the Terrorism Act 2000. There is a growing body of literature on the role of the courts and parliament in scrutinising anti-terrorism legislation. There has, however, been no sustained attempt to evaluate either the office of the independent reviewer in general or Lord Carlile's performance within it. Lord Carlile's tenure in office was defined by the first post-9/11 decade. He recently resigned and a new independent reviewer appointed. Now is therefore the opportune moment to begin a debate on the efficacy of Lord Carlile's tenure as the independent reviewer and of the office more generally. This article starts that debate. It examines the independent reviewer's influence on government policy in the area of pre-charge detention in contrast to other review mechanisms.
