Preemption
A Knife That Cuts Both Ways
$41.67
- Paperback
366 pages
- Release Date
8 January 2010
Summary
In Preemption one of our nation’s foremost legal scholars puts forward a controversial new theory on crime and punishment in the postmodern world. Using the American government’s 2003 invasion of Iraq as a starting point, Alan M. Dershowitz tracks our society’s increasing reliance on preemptive action. In Preemption, which Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals calls “lucid, sober, courageous, and historically informed,” Dershowitz has brought together all of h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393329346 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393329348 |
| Author: | Alan M. Dershowitz |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 366 |
| Release Date: | 8 January 2010 |
| Weight: | 419g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 140mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Issues of Our Time (Norton Paperback) |
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Critics Review
“In this provocative, illuminating, and lively book, [Dershowitz] demonstrates that simple conclusions disserve democracy-and endanger our safety. Dershowitz is right to call for a jurisprudence of preemption; he takes important steps toward providing that jurisprudence.” – Cass Sunstein, University of Chicago
About The Author
Alan M. Dershowitz
Leading criminal law and constitutional scholar Alan M. Dershowitz is the author of such critically acclaimed books as Rights from Wrongs, The Case for Israel, and Why Terrorism Works. A professor at Harvard Law School, he lives in Massachusetts.
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