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Before the next attack [[electronic resource] ] : preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism / / Bruce Ackerman



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Autore: Ackerman Bruce A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Before the next attack [[electronic resource] ] : preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism / / Bruce Ackerman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina: 342.73/062
Soggetto topico: Terrorism - United States
War and emergency legislation - United States
Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Before the next attack  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-74063-2
9786611740634
0-300-12703-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777778803321
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