Tracing the history of government intrusions on Constitutional rights in response to threats from abroad, Cole and Dempsey warn that a society in which civil liberties are sacrificed in the name of national security is in fact less secure than one in which they are upheld.
A new chapter includes a discussion of domestic spying, preventive detention, the many court challenges to post-9/11 abuses, implementation of the PATRIOT ACT, and efforts to reestablish the checks and balances left behind in the rush to strengthen governmental powers.
- ISBN10 1565849396
- ISBN13 9781565849396
- Publish Date 1 January 2002
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 9 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The New Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English