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Terror in the balance : security, liberty, and the courts / Eric A. Posner, Adrian Vermeule.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Posner, Eric A., 1965- author.
Vermeule, Adrian, 1968- author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
War and emergency powers--United States.
War and emergency powers.
National security--Law and legislation--United States.
National security.
Civil rights--United States.
Civil rights.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (328 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Introduction. Part I: Constitutional Law and Theory. 1. Emergencies, Tradeoffs, and Deference. 2. The Panic Theory. 3. The Democratic Failure Theory. 4. The Ratchet Theory and Other Long-Run Effects. Part II: Applications. 5. Institutional Alternatives to Judicial Deference. 6. Coercive Interrogation. 7. Speech, Due Process, and Political Trials. 8. Military Force. Conclusion: Emergency Powers and Lawyers' Expertise. Notes. Index
Contents:
The tradeoff thesis
The panic theory
The democratic failure theory
The Ratchet theory, and other long-run effects
Institutional alternatives to judicial deference
Coercive interrogation
Speech, due process, and political trials
Military force.
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
0-19-029498-1
0-19-772056-0
1-281-15908-5
9786611159085
0-19-804237-X
1-4294-9311-9
OCLC:
476245151

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