Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 685 g
Security, Liberty, and the Courts
Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 685 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-531025-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press
In Terror in the Balance, Posner and Vermeule take on civil libertarians of both the left and the right, arguing that the government should be given wide latitude to adjust policy and liberties in the times of emergency. They emphasize the virtues of unilateral executive actions and argue for making extensive powers available to the executive as warranted. The judiciary should neither second-guess security policy nor interfere on constitutional grounds. In order to protect citizens, government can and should use any legal instrument that is warranted under ordinary cost-benefit analysis. The value gained from the increase in security will exceed the losses from the decrease in liberty. At a time when the 'struggle against violent extremism' dominates the United States' agenda, this important and controversial work will spark discussion in the classroom and intellectual press alike.
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Weitere Infos & Material
- 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
