Not a Suicide Pact - The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency

Informationen zum Autor Richard A. Posner is Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, and lectures at the University of Chicago Law School. He is the author of many books and articles, including Overcoming Law and An Affair of State, both of which were picked by The New York Times Book Review as among the best books of their year. Klappentext 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.

Product details

• Authors: Richard A Posner, Richard A. Posner
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2006
• EAN: 9780195304275
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530427-5
• No. of pages: 171
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Inalienable Rights; Inalienable Rights
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law