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States of war : Enlightenment origins of the political /
We fear that the growing threat of violent attack, whether from terrorism or other sources, has upset the balance between existential concepts of political power, which emphasize security, and traditional notions of constitutional limits meant to protect civil liberties. We worry that constitutional...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Columbia studies in political thought/political history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | We fear that the growing threat of violent attack, whether from terrorism or other sources, has upset the balance between existential concepts of political power, which emphasize security, and traditional notions of constitutional limits meant to protect civil liberties. We worry that constitutional states cannot, during a time of war, terror, and extreme crisis, maintain legality and preserve civil rights and freedoms. David W. Bates allays these concerns by revisiting the theoretical origins of the modern constitutional state, which, he argues, recognized and made room for tensions amon. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231528663 9780231528665 |