Terror in the Balance Security, Liberty, and the Courts

Name: Terror in the Balance Security, Liberty, and the Courts
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ISBN: 9780195310252

ISBN-10: 019531025X

ISBN-13: 9780195310252

Edition: 2007

Authors: Eric A. Posner, Adrian Vermeule

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In the wake of 9/11, the United States government has relied on a number of aggressive security measures to protect the nation. From domestic wiretapping without warrants to the surveillance of Muslim and Arab Americans and the coercive interrogation of suspected terrorists, the Bush administration's policies have attracted much controversy and been decried as outrageous violations of domestic and international law. In Terror in the Balance, Eric A. Posner and Adrian Vermeule argue that the legal and institutional basis of this critique is wrong. When governments strive to increase national security they should be given wide latitude to adjust policy and liberties in the time of emergency…

Book details

List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/4/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.18" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Adrian Vermeule is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.




Emergencies, tradeoffs, and deference



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


Conclusion : emergency powers and lawyers' expertise