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Preemption: A Knife That Cuts Both Ways
Contributor(s): Dershowitz, Alan M. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0393329348     ISBN-13: 9780393329346
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE: $23.70  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2007
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Annotation: In this latest title in the Issues of Our Time series, Dershowitz offers an incisive, prophetic look at the increasing reliance on preemptive action, exploring the historical origins of the change as well as its troubling implication for civil liberties, human rights, criminal justice, national security, and foreign policy.

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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Law Enforcement
- Law | Civil Rights
- Law | Criminal Law - General
Dewey: 363.32
Series: Issues of Our Time (Norton Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.56" W x 8.16" L (0.70 lbs) 366 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
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In Preemption one of our nation's foremost legal scholars puts forward a controversial new theory on crime and punishment in the postmodern world. Using the American government's 2003 invasion of Iraq as a starting point, Alan M. Dershowitz tracks our society's increasing reliance on preemptive action. In Preemption, which Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals calls "lucid, sober, courageous, and historically informed," Dershowitz has brought together all of his diverse and considerable talents and experiences to confront the idea of preemptive action as it applies to some of our most urgent political and moral dilemmas.

Contributor Bio(s): Dershowitz, Alan M.: - Leading criminal law and constitutional scholar Alan M. Dershowitz is the author of such critically acclaimed books as Rights from Wrongs, The Case for Israel, and Why Terrorism Works. A professor at Harvard Law School, he lives in Massachusetts.
 
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