Defenders of Liberty or Champions of Security?: Federal Courts, the Hierarchy of Justice, and U.S. Foreign Policy

Contributor(s): Randazzo, Kirk A (Author)

ISBN: 9781438430478

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Hardcover

$104.00

Pub Date: March 15, 2010

Dewey: 342.730412

LCCN: 2009022693

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.60" H x 9.20" L x 6.20" W ( 0.80 lbs) 138 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Suny American Constitutionalism

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Examines the critical role assumed by the U. S. judiciary in balancing concerns about national security with the protection of liberty after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Brief description: Kirk A. Randazzo is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina.

Review Quotes:

"This book provides a valuable insight into the decision making of US federal judges on foreign policy issues ... [and] is a good starting point for further work on interactive judicial decision making." -- Political Studies Review

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