Equal Justice in the Balance: America's Legal Responses to the Emerging Terrorist ThreatUniversity of Michigan Press, 2009 M11 11 - 320 páginas "We are in difficult times for the protection of our liberties. Nonetheless, citizens are showing an increased willingness to resist the erosion of the U.S. Constitution. . . . Lawson Mack and Kelly stress the importance of not giving up these fundamental rights and conclude with a message of optimism, noting an increased backlash against the administration's more draconian measures. Although the landscape is still quite bleak, change is in the air." -Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights, from the foreword "A compelling and sophisticated critique of the U.S. government's post-9/11 actions. Mack and Kelly set the stage with the historical perspective on America's response to terrorism and the assessment of terrorist threats, before launching into a comprehensive analysis of the USA Patriot Act. Their hard-hitting approach and easy-to-read style makes for a fascinating treatment of the government's legislative and executive response to the attacks." -Michael P. Scharf, Case Western Reserve University School of Law With its sweeping critique of the USA Patriot Act and the Bush administration's maneuvers in pursuit of terrorists, Equal Justice in the Balance is a sobering and exacting look at American legal responses to terrorism, both before and after 9/11. The authors detail wide-ranging and persuasive evidence that American antiterrorism legislation has led to serious infringements of our civil rights. They show us how deviations from our fundamental principles of fairness and justice in times of heightened national anxiety-whether the Red Scare, World War II, or the War on Terrorism-have resulted in overreaction and excess, later requiring apologies and reparations to those victimized by a paranoia-driven justice system. While terrorist attacks-especially on a large scale and on American soil-damage our national pride and sense of security, the authors offer powerful arguments for why we must allow our judicial infrastructure, imperfect as it is, to respond without undue interference from the politics of anger and vengeance. |
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... effort to find out the names, the case lost in the appeals court. Other litigation against Ashcroft with regard to the treatment of those detained is still pending. Yet, when it looked darkest for these detainees in the United States ...
... effort to find out the names, the case lost in the appeals court. Other litigation against Ashcroft with regard to the treatment of those detained is still pending. Yet, when it looked darkest for these detainees in the United States ...
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... effort by the administration to make the tribunals appear more legitimate. Foreword But they are only cosmetic. The entire system is still ad hoc: although the detainees have been questioned for two years without representation by ...
... effort by the administration to make the tribunals appear more legitimate. Foreword But they are only cosmetic. The entire system is still ad hoc: although the detainees have been questioned for two years without representation by ...
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... effort to address the myriad concerns that arose in the wake of the terrorist attacks, the government has proposed ... efforts. • The FBI has arrested and indefinitely detained hundreds of men of certain ethnic backgrounds while inviting ...
... effort to address the myriad concerns that arose in the wake of the terrorist attacks, the government has proposed ... efforts. • The FBI has arrested and indefinitely detained hundreds of men of certain ethnic backgrounds while inviting ...
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... effort by using their common sense to identify and report unusual, suspicious, and potentially terrorist activity. Although the program was scrapped in the wake of tremendous public outcry, the mere proposal of such a program is, in ...
... effort by using their common sense to identify and report unusual, suspicious, and potentially terrorist activity. Although the program was scrapped in the wake of tremendous public outcry, the mere proposal of such a program is, in ...
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... efforts, there is still no internationally accepted definition of terrorism. Indeed, as recently as February 2002, the international community struggled once again (and failed) to achieve consensus on the elusive notion of terrorism ...
... efforts, there is still no internationally accepted definition of terrorism. Indeed, as recently as February 2002, the international community struggled once again (and failed) to achieve consensus on the elusive notion of terrorism ...
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2 AMERICAN RESPONSES TO TERRORISM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE | |
3 ASSESSING THE TERRORIST THREAT | |
4 THE USA PATRIOT ACT A CHALLENGE TO EQUAL JUSTICE? | |
5 OTHER POST911 LEGAL RESPONSES | |
6 JUDICIAL REACTION TO THE POST911 LEGAL RESPONSES | |
CONCLUSION | |
Appendixes | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
index | |
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Equal Justice in the Balance: America's Legal Responses to the Emerging ... Raneta Lawson Mack,Michael J. Kelly Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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Referencias a este libro
Protecting What Matters: Technology, Security, and Liberty since 9/11 Clayton Northouse Vista previa limitada - 2007 |