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Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency
Contributor(s): Posner, Richard A. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0195304276     ISBN-13: 9780195304275
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2006
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Annotation: Many of the measures taken by the Bush administration since 9/11 have sparkedheated protests. Judge Richard A. Posner offers a cogent and elegant responseto these protests, arguing that personal liberty must be balanced with publicsafety in the face of grave national danger.

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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Constitutional
- Political Science | Security (national & International)
- Political Science | Civil Rights
Dewey: 342.730
LCCN: 2006005345
Series: Inalienable Rights
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.98" W x 8.3" L (0.78 lbs) 208 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/24/2006 pg. 48
Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 162
New York Times 09/10/2006 pg. 29
Booklist 10/01/2006 pg. 9
New York Review of Books 11/16/2006 pg. 20
 
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Publisher Description:
Eavesdropping on the phone calls of U.S. citizens; demands by the FBI for records of library borrowings; establishment of military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens--many of the measures taken by the Bush administration since 9/11 have sparked heated protests. In
Not a Suicide Pact, Judge Richard A. Posner offers a cogent and elegant response to these protests, arguing that personal liberty must be balanced with public safety in the face of grave national danger.

Critical of civil libertarians who balk at any curtailment of their rights, even in the face of an unprecedented terrorist threat in an era of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Posner takes a fresh look at the most important constitutional issues that have arisen since 9/11. These
issues include the constitutional rights of terrorist suspects (whether American citizens or not) to habeas corpus and due process, and their rights against brutal interrogation (including torture) and searches based on less than probable cause. Posner argues that terrorist activity is sui
generis--it is neither war nor crime--and it demands a tailored response, one that gives terror suspects fewer constitutional rights than persons suspected of ordinary criminal activity. Constitutional law must remain fluid, protean, and responsive to the pressure of contemporary events. Posner
stresses the limits of law in regulating national security measures and underscores the paradoxical need to recognize a category of government conduct that is at once illegal and morally obligatory.

One of America's top legal thinkers, Posner does not pull punches. He offers readers a short, sharp book with a strong point of view that is certain to generate much debate.

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