Before the next attack : preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism /
Ackerman, Bruce A.
Before the next attack : preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism / Bruce Ackerman. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006. - 227 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 constitutionʺ that enables government to take extraordinary actions to prevent a second strike in the short run while
9780300112894 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300112890 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005028313
Terrorism--United States.
War and emergency legislation--United States.
Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--United States.
KF9430 / AC182 2006
342.73/062
Before the next attack : preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism / Bruce Ackerman. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006. - 227 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 constitutionʺ that enables government to take extraordinary actions to prevent a second strike in the short run while
9780300112894 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300112890 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005028313
Terrorism--United States.
War and emergency legislation--United States.
Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--United States.
KF9430 / AC182 2006
342.73/062