Before the next attack : preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism

Before the next attack : preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism /

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Terrorist attacks regularly trigger the enactment of repressive laws, setting in motion a vicious cycle that threatens to devastate civil liberties over the twenty-first century. In this book, Bruce Ackerman peers into the future and presents a practical alternative. He proposes an ʺemergency consti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ackerman, Bruce A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Terrorism > United States.
War and emergency legislation > United States.
Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation > United States.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Terrorism
Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation
War and emergency legislation
Bekämpfung
Bürgerrecht
Internationaler Terrorismus
Rechtsprechung
Terrorismo > Estados unidos.
Guerra > Estados unidos.
Direitos e garantias individuais.
United States
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • This is not a war
  • This is not a crime
  • This is an emergency
  • The political constitution
  • The role of judges
  • American exceptionalism
  • If Washington blows up?
  • The morning after.

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