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Not a suicide pact
the constitution in a time of national emergency
By Posner, Richard A.
- ISBN
- 978-0-19530-427-5
- Publisher
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2006
Posner (Overcoming Law ), a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, asks whether new definitions of rights are required in this post-9/11 era of heightened security, what the delicate balance should be between personal liberty and public safety, and to what degree civil liberties derived from the Constitution should vary with the threat level. Further, he asks which branch of our national government should define that threat level, im...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
