Before the next attack preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism /

Ackerman, Bruce A.

Before the next attack preserving civil liberties in an age of terrorism / [electronic resource] : Bruce Ackerman. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006. - 227 p.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015.


Mode of access: World Wide Web.






Terrorism--United States.
War and emergency legislation--United States.
Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--United States.

KF9430 / .A932 2006

342.73/062