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Most recent discussion of the United States Constitution and war--both the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq--has been dominated by two diametrically opposed views: the alarmism of those who see many current policies as portending gross restrictions on American civil liberties, and the complacency of those who see these same policies as entirely reasonable accommodations to the new realities of national security. Whatever their contributions to the public discussion and policy-making processes, these voices contribute little to an understanding of the real constitutional issues raised by war. Providing the historical and legal context needed to assess competing claims, The Constitution in Wartime identifies and explains the complexities of the important constitutional issues brought to the fore by wartime actions and policies. Twelve prominent legal scholars and political scientists combine broad overviews of U.S. history and contemporary policy with detailed yet accessible analyses of legal issues of pressing concern today.

Some of the essays are broad in scope, reflecting on national character, patriotism, and political theory; exploring whether war and republican government are compatible; and considering in what sense we can be said to be in wartime circumstances today. Others are more specific, examining the roles of Congress, the presidency, the courts, and the international legal community. Throughout the collection, balanced, unbiased analysis leads to some surprising conclusions, one of which is that wartime conditions have sometimes increased, rather than curtailed, civil rights and civil liberties. For instance, during the cold war, government officials regarded measures aimed at expanding African Americans' freedom at home as crucial to improving America's image abroad.

Contributors. Sotirios Barber, Mark Brandon, James E. Fleming, Mark Graber, Samuel Issacharoff, David Luban, Richard H. Pildes, Eric Posner, Peter Spiro, William Michael Treanor, Mark Tushnet, Adrian Vermeule.
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This digital document is an article from Issues in Science and Technology, published by National Academy of Sciences on December 22, 1998. The length of the article is 2803 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Children are so frequently cited as the beneficiaries of different policy proposals that the term has virtually become a distinctive class. The area of environmental protection is where regular appeals to parental concern for the welfare of their offspring are made the most. People must be concerned about health risks to children but some new environmental policy initiatives proposed ostensibly in the interests of protecting children actually address relatively minor or unproven dangers. Environmental regulation is not the place to begin if the aim is to reduce health risks to children.

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Title: Environmental alarmism: the children's crusade.
Author: Stephen Huebner
Publication:Issues in Science and Technology (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1998
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Volume: 15 Issue: 2 Page: 35(4)

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on January 23, 2002. The length of the article is 2283 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Tremendismo y desesperanza.(Luis Martín-Santos, autor)(TT: Alarmism and despair.)(TA: Luis Martín-Santos, author)
Author: Mario Saavedra
Publication:Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: January 23, 2002
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: 48 Issue: 2536 Page: 70

Article Type: Biography

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The energy challenges of resource depletion, security of supply and pollution have been effectively addressed by market entrepreneurship, technology, and measured regulation. The remaining sustainability issue for carbon-based energy reliance is anthropogenic or man-made climate change. "Climate Alarmism Reconsidered" demonstrates how the balance of evidence supports a benign enhanced greenhouse effect, and how the case for mandatory greenhouse gas reductions depends on unrealistic assumptions. Government intervention in the name of energy sustainability is the major threat to real energy sustainability and the provision of affordable, reliable energy to growing economies worldwide.Free-market structures and the wealth generated by markets help communities to best adapt to climate change. This multi-disciplinary study concludes that climate alarmism and its corollary, policy activism, are unwarranted and counterproductive for the developed world and particularly for the world's energy poor. Every few decades the intellectual community becomes obsessed with some energy 'problem' to which it can see no solution and calls for intervention by governments and international bodies to save the world. In the 1970s, the perceived problem was an imminent energy shortage; today the issue is climate change..
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