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

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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Hlavní autor: Ackerman, Bruce A.
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=187928
Obsah:
  • 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.