TY - BOOK ID - 30998280 TI - Laws, outlaws, and terrorists AU - Blum, Gabriella AU - Heymann, Philip B PY - 2010 SN - 128289918X 9786612899188 0262289202 9780262289207 9781282899186 9780262014755 0262014750 0262289091 PB - Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press DB - UniCat KW - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. KW - Terrorism KW - Prevention. KW - Government policy KW - Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism, 2001-2009 KW - Global War on Terror, 2001-2009 KW - GWOT, 2001-2009 (War on Terrorism) KW - Terror War, 2001-2009 KW - Terrorism War, 2001-2009 KW - War against Terrorism, 2001-2009 KW - War on Terror, 2001-2009 KW - Military history, Modern KW - World politics KW - Afghan War, 2001 KW - -Iraq War, 2003-2011 KW - Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 KW - -Prevention. KW - Prevention KW - SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General KW - Afghan War, 2001-2021 KW - Iraq War, 2003-2011 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30998280 AB - "In an age of global terrorism, can the pursuit of security be reconciled with liberal democratic values and legal principles? During its "global war on terrorism," the Bush administration argued that the United States was in a new kind of conflict, one in which peacetime domestic law was irrelevant and international law inapplicable. From 2001 to 2009, the United States thus waged war on terrorism in a "no-law zone." Gabriella Blum and Philip Heymann reject the argument that traditional American values embodied in domestic and international law can be ignored in any sustainable effort to keep the United States safe from terrorism. In Laws, Outlaws, and Terrorists, they demonstrate that the costs are great and the benefits slight from separating security and the rule of law. Blum and Heymann argue that the harsh measures employed by the Bush administration were authorized too broadly, resulted in too much harm, and often proved to be counterproductive for security. Blum and Heymann recognize that a severe terrorist attack might justify changing the balance between law and security, but they call for reasoned judgment instead of a wholesale abandonment of American values. They also argue that being open to negotiations and seeking to win the moral support of the communities from which the terrorists emerge are noncoercive strategies that must be included in any future efforts to reduce terrorism."--Pub. desc. ER -