Posner, Eric A.

Terror in the balance : security, liberty, and the courts / Eric A. Posner, Adrian Vermeule. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 319 s. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The tradeoff thesis -- The panic theory -- The democratic failure theory -- The Ratchet theory, and other long-run effects -- Institutional alternatives to judicial deference -- Coercive interrogation -- Speech, due process, and political trials -- Military force.

019531025X (cloth) 9780195310252 (cloth)


War and emergency powers--United States.
National security--Law and legislation--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
Primera Jornada de Catalogación.
Seguridad nacional--Estados Unidos.
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos.

KF 5060 / P67t 2007

342.73