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001 2014050102
003 DLC
005 20151209075422.0
008 141230s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014050102
020 $a9781620970973 (hbk.)
020 $z9781620970980 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aKF9430$b.F57 2015
082 00 $a344.7305/32517$223
084 $aLAW018000$aPOL040010$aPOL006000$aPOL040030$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFiss, Owen M.,$eauthor.
245 12 $aA war like no other :$bthe constitution in a time of terror /$cOwen Fiss ; edited and with a foreword by Trevor Sutton.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bThe New Press,$c[2015]
300 $axvii, 330 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Owen Fiss has been a leading legal scholar for over thirty years, yet before 2001 it would have seemed unlikely for him to write about national security and the laws of war; his focus was civil procedure and equal protection, but when the War on Terror began to shroud legal proceedings in secrecy, he realized that the bulwarks of procedure that shield the individual from the awesome power of the state were dissolving, perhaps irreparably, and that it was time for him to speak up. The ten chapters in this volume cover the major legal battlefronts of the War on Terror from Guantánamo to drones, with a focus on the constitutional implications of those new tools. The underlying theme is Fiss's concern for the offense done to the U.S. Constitution by the administrative and legislative branches of government in the name of public safety and the refusal of the judiciary to hold the government accountable. A War Like No Other will be an essential intellectual foundation for all concerned about constitutional rights and the law in a new age. "--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index.
650 0 $aTerrorism$xPrevention$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States.
610 10 $aUnited States.$tConstitution.
650 0 $aCivil rights$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWar on Terror, 2001-2009.
650 7 $aLAW / Constitutional.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Judicial Branch.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aSutton, Trevor,$eeditor.