LEADER 03674nam 22006494a 450 001 9910809397803321 005 20240418000607.0 010 $a1-281-74063-2 010 $a9786611740634 010 $a0-300-12703-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300127034 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472025 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049392 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109734 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11124740 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109734 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10068770 035 $a(PQKB)10054345 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420058 035 $a(DE-B1597)485231 035 $a(OCoLC)952732470 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300127034 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420058 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170084 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL174063 035 $a(OCoLC)923589343 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472025 100 $a20050927d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBefore the next attack $epreserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism /$fBruce Ackerman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11289-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThis 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. 330 $aTerrorist 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 clear-sighted book, Bruce Ackerman peers into the future and presents an intuitive, practical alternative. He proposes an "emergency constitution" that enables government to take extraordinary actions to prevent a second strike in the short run while prohibiting permanent measures that destroy our freedom over the longer run.Ackerman's "emergency constitution" exposes the dangers lurking behind the popular notion that we are fighting a "war" on terror. He criticizes court opinions that have adopted the war framework, showing how they uncritically accept extreme presidential claims to sweeping powers. Instead of expanding the authority of the commander in chief, the courts should encourage new forms of checks and balances that allow for decisive, but carefully controlled, presidential action during emergencies. In making his case, Ackerman explores emergency provisions in constitutions of nations ranging from France to South Africa, retaining aspects that work and adapting others. He shows that no country today is well equipped to both fend off terrorists and preserve fundamental liberties, drawing particular attention to recent British reactions to terrorist attacks. Written for thoughtful citizens throughout the world, this book is democracy's constitutional reply to political excess in the sinister era of terrorism. 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States 606 $aWar and emergency legislation$zUnited States 606 $aTerrorism$xPrevention$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 615 0$aTerrorism 615 0$aWar and emergency legislation 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention$xLaw and legislation 676 $a342.73/062 700 $aAckerman$b Bruce A$0123194 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809397803321 996 $aBefore the next attack$94008137 997 $aUNINA