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Lee Jarvis School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and communication studies University of east anglia l.jarvis@uea.ac.uk 3 December 2014 Legislating for Otherness: Terrorism, Proscription and Identity Proscription Proscription powers: Render specific terrorist groups illegal within a particular territory Criminalise support for and membership of proscribed groups Trigger further crimes, e.g. uniforms Outlawing ‘enemies of the state’: Widespread within and beyond liberal democracies Considerable history Proscription in the UK The Home Secretary has the power to proscribe an organisation: ‘…