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Before the next attack : preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism / Bruce Ackerman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Eng Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.Description: 227 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780300112894 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0300112890 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.73/062 22
LOC classification:
  • KF9430 AC182 2006
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) KF9430 AC182 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 4 1 Available 00000110519

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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

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