The Northern Ireland peace process has been heralded by those involved as a successful example of transformation from a violent conflict to a peaceful society. This book examines the implementation of the Belfast Agreement in Northern Ireland, and evaluates whether its goal to establish a normal, peaceful society has been fully realised.

Jessie Blackbourn is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship: 'Anti-Terror Laws and the Democratic Challenge' in the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of New South Wales. Her research focuses on anti-terrorism law in comparative perspective.

Introduction 1. Resolving the Constitutional Question 2. Devolution and Decommissioning 3. The 'Normalisation of Security' I: The Removal of Emergency Powers 4. The 'Normalisation of Security' II: The Military in Northern Ireland 5. Normalising Policing and Justice 6. Paramilitary Prisoners 7. Northern Ireland: The New Normal?