In War, Is Law Silent? / Ed O'Brien.
by O'Brien, Ed; Purdy, Matthew; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 39Global Issues. Publisher: Social Education, 2001; New York Times, 2001ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Airports -- Security measures | Civil rights | Electronic surveillance | Emigration and immigration law | Executive orders | Military courts | Identification cards | Privacy | Racial profiling | Terrorism -- Prevention | Terrorism -- Retaliation | War and society | TerroristsDDC classification: 050 Summary: IN WAR, IS LAW SILENT? -- This article examines the issue of rights vs. security after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "If we agree that, because of September 11, the rights of some or all should be restricted, another vexing question arises: how much and for how long?" (SOCIAL EDUCATION)Summary: BUSH'S NEW RULES TO FIGHT TERROR TRANSFORM THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE -- "Military tribunals are the boldest initiatives in a series of laws and rewritten federal regulations that, taken together, have created an alternate system of justice in the aftermath of Sept. 11 [2001], giving the government far greater power to detain, investigate and prosecute people suspected of involvement in terrorism." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article explores the constitutional and legal issues created by many of President George W. Bush's executive decisions on combatting terrorism.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
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Originally Published: In War, Is Law Silent?, Nov./Dec. 2001; pp. 419-425.
Originally Published: Bush's New Rules to Fight Terror Transform the Legal Landscape, Nov. 25, 2001; pp. A1+.
IN WAR, IS LAW SILENT? -- This article examines the issue of rights vs. security after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "If we agree that, because of September 11, the rights of some or all should be restricted, another vexing question arises: how much and for how long?" (SOCIAL EDUCATION)
BUSH'S NEW RULES TO FIGHT TERROR TRANSFORM THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE -- "Military tribunals are the boldest initiatives in a series of laws and rewritten federal regulations that, taken together, have created an alternate system of justice in the aftermath of Sept. 11 [2001], giving the government far greater power to detain, investigate and prosecute people suspected of involvement in terrorism." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article explores the constitutional and legal issues created by many of President George W. Bush's executive decisions on combatting terrorism.
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