Not a Suicide Pact : The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency
Richard A. Posner
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : : Oxford University Press, , 2006.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (186 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Editors' Note; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: How Are Constitutional Rights Created?; CHAPTER TWO: How Does National Security Shape Constitutional Rights?; CHAPTER THREE: Rights Against Detention; CHAPTER FOUR: Rights Against Brutal Interrogation, and Against Searches and Seizures; CHAPTER FIVE: The Right of Free Speech, with a Comment on Profiling; CHAPTER SIX: Rights of Privacy; Conclusion; Further Readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. - Eavesdropping on the phone calls of U.S. citizens; demands by the FBI for records of library borrowings; establishment of military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens--many of the measures taken by the Bush administration since 9/11 have sparked heated protests. InNot a Suicide Pact, Judge Richard A. Posner offers a cogent and elegant response to these protests, arguing that personal liberty must be balanced with public safety in the face of grave national danger. Critical of civil libertarians who balk at any curtailment of their rights, even in the face of an
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| ISBN | 0195304276. - 9780195304275
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