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Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Suppressing speech that poses a clear and present danger -- Upholding the evacuation of Japanese Americans -- Striking down prior restraint -- According due process rights to enemy combatants -- Organizations to contact -- Further research -- Index.
Presents extracts and analysis of recent court decisions dealing with issues of civil liberties and war, covering such topics as the limitations of due process rights for enemy combatants, protection...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"In this book Tom Sorell argues that emergencies can justify types of action that would normally be regarded as wrong. Beginning with the ethics of emergencies facing individuals, he explores the range of effective and legitimate private emergency response and its relation to public institutions, such as national governments. He develops a theory of the response of governments to public emergencies which indicates the possibility of a democratic politics...