Ackerman, Bruce A. <br/><br/>
Before the next attack :  preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism / 
Bruce Ackerman. 
 - New Haven :  Yale University Press,  c2006. 
 - 227 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300112894 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300112890 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005028313 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Terrorism--United States.<br/>War and emergency legislation--United States.<br/>Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF9430  / AC182 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>342.73/062