{"product_id":"a-war-like-no-other-owen-fiss-9781620970973","title":"A War Like No Other: The Constitution in a Time of Terror","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A scholarly and cautionary collection of essays focusing on what  Fiss] views as the post-9\/11 debasements of key provisions of the Constitution\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A leading legal scholar for more than thirty years, Owen Fiss's focus was civil procedure and equal protection. But when the War on Terror began to shroud legal proceedings in secrecy, he realized the bulwarks of procedure that shield the individual from the awesome power of the state were dissolving, perhaps irreparably, and that it was time for him to speak up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The ten chapters in this volume cover the major legal battlefronts of the War on Terror from Guant namo to drones, with a focus on the constitutional implications of those new tools. The underlying theme is Fiss's concern for the offense done to the US Constitution by the administrative and legislative branches of government in the name of public safety and the refusal of the judiciary to hold the government accountable. \u003ci\u003eA War Like No Other\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential intellectual foundation for all concerned about constitutional rights and the law in a new age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Fiss is one of our most clear-eyed and hard-edged constitutional analysts, and this critique of the damage done to our constitutional heritage in the name of waging a war on terror is the most devastating I have seen.\" --Stanley N. Katz, director of the Princeton University Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An essential contribution from one of the country's foremost legal scholars.\" --Jonathan Hafetz, former senior attorney for the National Security project of the ACLU \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Thought-provoking.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Owen Fiss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162097097X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620970973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015 pg. 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/13\/2015 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016","brand":"Owen Fiss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372430643455,"sku":"9781620970973","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3a6596d-f674-4b19-8e3a-5bb34c059ddd.jpg?v=1732725922","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-war-like-no-other-owen-fiss-9781620970973","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}