Terror in the balance :

Posner, Eric A.

Terror in the balance : security, liberty, and the courts / Eric A. Posner, Adrian Vermeule. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 319 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Emergencies, tradeoffs, and deference -- 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.

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War and emergency powers--United States.
National security--Law and legislation--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
Civil rights.
National security--Law and legislation.
War and emergency powers.


United States.

KF5060 / .P67 2007

342.73/0412

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