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Justice in blue and gray
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Stephen C. Neff |
Overview: Stephen Neff offers the first comprehensive study of the wide range of legal issues arising from the American Civil War, many of which resonate in debates to this day. Neff examines the law… |
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Use of the war powers
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Maria Kristofer |
The presidency of George W. Bush was widely criticized as tyrannical and extra-legal, an assessment based primarily on the presidency’s use of the war powers doctrine in the war against terrorism. T… |
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Dark side
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Jane Mayer |
In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. Radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were m… |
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Taking liberties
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Susan N. Herman |
"Since 9/11, the U.S. government has acted in a variety of ways--some obvious, some nearly invisible--to increase its surveillance and detention power over American citizens and residents. While mos… |
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The body of John Merryman
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Brian McGinty |
253 p., [10] p. of plates : 22 cm |
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Declaring war
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Brien Hallett |
"Declaring War directly challenges the 200-year-old belief that the Congress can and should declare war. By offering a detailed analysis of the declarations of 1812, 1898 and the War Powers Resolutio… |
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Emergency powers in Asia
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Arun K. Thiruvengadam |
"What is the relevance of contemporary debates over emergency powers for countries situated in Asia? What role does, and should, the constitution play in constraining these powers? The essays in this… |
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Emergency presidential power
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Chris Edelson |
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The spoils of war
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita |
"It's striking how many of the presidents Americans venerate--Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy, to name a few--oversaw some of the republic's bloodiest y… |
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Estados Unidos contra Estados Unidos
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Benegas Lynch, Alberto (h.) |
An analysis by Argentine scholar that the U.S. has betrayed its basic values, including the accelerated erosion of liberty during the 21st century, the violation of individual rights in the name of a… |
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The military power of the president
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Michael Kronenwetter |
Examines the extent of military power held by America's commander-in-chief--a subject of much debate since the founding of the nation. |
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Quiet past and stormy present?
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Harold Melvin Hyman |
vii, 67 pages ; 22 cm |
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Bad advice
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Harold H. Bruff |
From wiretapping American citizens to waterboarding foreign prisoners, the Bush administration has triggered an uproar over its tactics in the War on Terror--and over its justifications for using the… |
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Politics, Economics, and Presidential Use of Force Decision Making (Studies in Social and Political…
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Karl R. Derouen |
"This study adds to the foreign policy decision making literature by furthering an understanding of the convergence between foreign policy and domestic politics. It is also relevant to conflict theor… |
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One Supreme Court
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James E. Pfander |
In offering a general account of the Court as department head, Pfander takes up such important debates in the federal courts' literature as Congress's power to strip the federal courts of jurisdictio… |
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