CASES AND MATERIALS ON U.S. LAW AND NATIONAL SECURITYSievert, Ronald J. Item #: 72367 Pages: xvii, 596 p. Printed: 2012. Subjects: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, POLITICAL SCIENCE This work compiles key decisions related to nationalsecurity that will educate the student about the lawpertaining to specific threats, focus on the legal aspectsof obtaining and utilizing evidence in national securitycases, and explore the constitutional power of thegovernment to act in a domestic or foreign crisis. The casesin the first part of the book are divided into threatsassociated with foreign enemies and threats that arise fromwithin. The government's emergency power then is analyzed inseparate chapters that focus on the tension betweencongressional and executive authority, both domestically andin the realm of foreign affairs, and the legaljustifications for the global projection of American force.
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