Posner, Eric A.

Terror in the balance security, liberty, and the courts / [electronic resource] : Eric A. Posner, Adrian Vermeule. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 319 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The tradeoff thesis -- 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.


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War and emergency powers--United States.
National security--Law and legislation--United States.
Civil rights--United States.


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