U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY LAW SOURCEBOOK OF CASES, LAWS, TREATIES AND DOCUMENTS

Malawer, Stuart S.

This sourcebook of leading cases, laws, treaties, documents,and websites focuses on understanding national security lawin broad context and highlights the pressure on the rightsof individuals in today's increasingly security-mindedsociety, with its newer threats of transnational terrorismand renewed defense challenges in global relations. Topicsinclude executive-congressional authority, treaty relations,the judiciary in foreign affairs, domestic incorporation ofinternational law, the use of force, the intelligencecommunity, and surveillance. Hard-to-find government reportsfrom a multitude of agencies and departments are excerptedon topics including torture, detention, rendition, warcrimes, wiretaps, arms exports, defense acquisition,terrorism ligitation, and liability of private contractors.