The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty
by Laura K. Donohue
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In the aftermath of a terrorist attack political stakes are high: legislators fear being seen as lenient or indifferent and often grant the executive broader authorities without thorough debate. The judiciary's role, too, is restricted: constitutional structure and cultural norms narrow the courts' ability to check the executive at all but the margins. The dominant 'Security or Freedom' framework for evaluating counterterrorist law thus fails to capture an important characteristic: increased show more executive power that shifts the balance between branches of government. This book re-calculates the cost of counterterrorist law to the United Kingdom and the United States, arguing that the damage caused is significantly greater than first appears. Donohue warns that the proliferation of biological and nuclear materials, together with willingness on the part of extremists to sacrifice themselves, may drive each country to take increasingly drastic measures with a resultant shift in the basic structure of both states. show lessTags
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Laura K. Donohue is a Fellow at the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation
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- Politics and Government, Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 343.73 — Social sciences Law Military, defense, public property, public finance, tax, commerce (trade), industrial law North America United States
- LCC
- KF4850 .D66 — Law Law of the United States Law of the United States (Federal) Constitutional law Individual and state Control of individuals Internal security
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