Legislating the war on terror : an agenda for reform / Benjamin Wittes, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wittes, Benjamin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation.

United States.

Terrorism--United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 420 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2009]

Summary:

"Tackles some of the most challenging dilemmas and the new post-9/11 realities confronting Congress as it legislates the new ground rules for the war on terror. Presents an agenda for reforming statutory laws governing this new battle that balances need for security, rule of law, and constitutional rights of freedom"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Nine democracies and the problems of detention, surveillance, and interrogation / Mark. H. Gitenstein

Administrative detention : integrating strategy and institutional design / Matthew C. Waxman

Long-term terrorist detention and a U.S. National Security Court / Jack Goldsmith

Optimizing criminal prosecution as a counterterrorism tool / Robert M. Chesney

Better rules for terrorism trials / Robert S. Litt and Wells C. Bennett

Refining immigration law's role in counterterrorism / David A. Martin

Modernizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act : progress to date and work still to come / David S. Kris

National security issues in civil litigation : a blueprint for reform / Justin Florence and Matthew Gerke

Looking forward, not backward : refining U.S. interrogation law / Stuart Taylor Jr. and Benjamin Wittes

Targeted killing in U.S. counterterrorism strategy and law / Kenneth Anderson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815703105

0815703104

OCLC:

294886476