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The Cost of Counterterrorism : Power, Politics, and Liberty by Laura K. Donohue is a politics available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Cost of Counterterrorism : Power, Politics, and Liberty about?
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 exe
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Laura K. Donohue
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521844444
- Category
- politics
- Subjects
- Law, Political Science, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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