Zone of impeachment: a post-Foucauldian analysis of controlled operations law and policy

摘要

This thesis presents a Foucauldian analysis of Australian controlled operations law. The purpose was to extend current doctrinal scholarship by exploring the discursive forces that shape this highly invasive and controversial investigative power. This thesis contends that the present doctrinal understanding is incomplete, and largely unaware of the epistemological forces operating within law and policy. By deploying a Foucauldian analytic we can extend our understanding of the complex relationship between knowledge systems, discourse, power and law.