Herman,Susan,N,Ed.

Terrorism, government, and law : national authority and local autonomy in the War on Terror / edited by Susan N. Herman and Paul Finkelman. - Westport, CT : Praeger Security International, 2008. - viii, 219 p. ; - PSI reports .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The vigor of anti-commandeering doctrine in times of terror -- Welcome to the dark side : liberals rediscover federalism in the wake of the war on terror -- Collapsing spheres : joint terrorism task forces, federalism, and the war on terror -- State incarceration of federal prisoners after September 11 : whose jail is it anyway? -- Empowering states when it matters : a different approach to preemption -- Converse sec.1983 suits in which states police federal agents : an idea whose time has arrived -- The roots of Printz : proslavery constitutionalism, national law enforcement, federalism, and local cooperation -- The security constitution.

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War and emergency powers--United States.
Terrorism--United States.
Executive power--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
Terrorism--United States.
Federal government--United States.
Intergovernmental cooperation--United States.

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