Before the Next Attack
Author | : Bruce A. Ackerman |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0300122667 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780300122664 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Also includes information on aftermath of terrorist attack, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, civil liberties, U.S. Congress, U.S. Constitution, courts, detainees, detention, due process, emergency constitution, emergency powers, emergency regime, existential crisis, extraordinary powers, Founding Fathers, framework statutes, freedom, habeas corpus writ, Iraq war, Abraham Lincoln, Jose Padilla, panic reaction, precedents of presidential powers, presidency, president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, rule of law, second strike, Second World War, secrecy, seizure, September 11, 2001, state of emergency, supermajoritarian escalator, terrorist attack, torture, United Kingdom, etc.