Résumé
In light of the ongoing war against terrorism, can the United States maintain its dedication to protecting civil liberties without compromising security? At stake is nothing less than the survival of ideas associated with the modern period of political philosophy: the freedom of conscience, the inviolable rights of the individual to privacy, the constitutionally limited state, as well as the more recent refinement of late modern liberalism, multiculturalism. Contributors evaluate the need to reassess the nation's public policies, institutions, as well as its very identity. The struggle to persist as an open society in the age of terrorism will be the defining test of democracy in the twenty-first century.
Contenu
Introduction: American national security and civil liberties in an era of terrorism / John W. Wells, David B. Cohen -- At odds with one another: the tension between civil liberties and national security in twentieth-century America / Jerel A. Rosati -- Protecting (or destroying) freedom through law: The USA PATRIOT Act's constitutional implications / Christopher P. Banks -- Presidential power, judicial deference, and the status of detainees in an age of terrorism / Otis H. Stephens, Jr. -- Activist judges, responsive legislators, frustrating presidents: international human rights, national security, and civil litigation against terrorist states / John C. Blakeman -- The needs of the many: biological terrorism, disease-containment, and civil liberties / David B. Cohen, Alethia H. Cook, David J. Louscher -- Terrorism, security, and civil liberties: the states respond / Edward R. Sharkey, Jr., Kendra B. Stewart -- Air transportation policy in the wake of September 11th: public management and civil liberties in an authority centralization context / Brian J. Gerber, Chris J. Dolan -- Terrorism, war, and freedom of the press: suppression and manipulation in times of crisis / Kendra B. Stewart, L. Christian Marlin -- At what price?: security, civil liberties, and public opinion in the age of terrorism / Susan J. Tabrizi -- The possibility of dissent in the age of terrorism: a First Amendment problem and a proposal for reform / Daniel P. Tokaji -- The way forward: Hobbes or Locke? / John W. Wells.