National security law
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National security law
(Aspen casebook series)
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, c2011
5th ed
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. xl-xli) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
National Security Law, Fifth Edition, provides the broadest exploration of both constitutional and domestic law issues in National Security of any book in the field. This highly respected team of authors uses expressive and descriptive text to provide context and informative historical and background information as well as thoughtful treatment of related international law topics. The Fifth edition features the most recent and important cases as well as excerpts from significant reports and other materials. This book has been adopted for classroom use at a majority of American law schools, as well as military academies and schools, and non-law graduate programs.
Among the features that have made this text the preeminent casebook in the field
Cohesive thematic framework--examines law and process for using U.S. force abroad, intelligence gathering, counterterrorism, homeland security and related civil liberties concerns, and access to sensitive government information in a democracy.
Rich, well-balanced primary materials--including judicial opinions, executive orders, executive branch legal memoranda, statutes, and legislative history.
Currency and comprehensive coverage--addresses the very latest developments in the detention and trial of terrorist suspects, interrogation, targeted killings, domestic intelligence collection, protection of government secrets, and related issues.
Topics are organized into numerous shorter chapters, to reflect the way professors actually use the materials in the classroom.
Annual Supplements--containing the latest developments in this very dynamic field.
New to the Fifth Edition
Important recent cases, such as Doe v. Holder, Al-Kidd v. Ashcroft, Al-Bihani v. Obama, Arar v. Ashcroft, El-Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries Co. v. United States, Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc., In re Directives [Redacted Text], and Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
Excerpts from significant reports and materials
National Security Strategy, May 2010
Letter from the President Regarding the War Powers Report, December 16, 2009
The Obama Administration and International Law, by Harold Hongju Koh (Remarks on targeted killings)
Final Report: Guantanamo Review Task Force, January 22, 2010
Military Commissions Act of 2009
New Obama executive order on classification
Attorney General Memo re Policies and Procedures Governing Invocation of the State Secrets Privilege, September 23, 2009
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