Wyniki wyszukiwania:
wyszukanych pozycji: 6
 |
Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror
ISBN: 9780143115328 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) An authoritative assessment of the new laws of war and a sensible and sophisticated roadmap for the future of liberty in the Age of Terror
America is losing a crucial front in the ongoing war on terror. It is losing not to Al Qaeda, but to its own failure to construct a set of laws that will protect the American people during this global conflict. As debate continues to rage over the legality and ethics of war, Benjamin Wittes enters the fray with a sober-minded exploration of law in wartime that is definitive, accessible, and nonpartisan. Outlining how this country came to its... An authoritative assessment of the new laws of war and a sensible and sophisticated roadmap for the future of liberty in the Age of Terror
... |
cena:
106,09 zł |
 |
Campaign 2012: Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy
ISBN: 9780815721987 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Campaign 2012: Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy" is an indispensable guide to the questions facing White House hopefuls in 2012, as well as the challenges awaiting the winner. It presents authoritative analyses of a dozen key policy issues currently testing the nation: -domestic economic growth -America's role in the world -the budget deficit -China relations -health care -Afghanistan and Pakistan -federalism -Iran -reforming government institutions -the Middle East -climate change -terrorism This is truly Brookings at its... "Campaign 2012: Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy" is an indispensable guide to the questions facing White House hopef... |
cena:
138,34 zł |
 |
Confirmation Wars: Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times
ISBN: 9780742551459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In Confirmation Wars, Benjamin Wittes rejects the parodies offered by both the Right and Left of the decline of the process by which the United States Senate confirms_or rejects_the presidentOs nominees to the federal judiciary. He draws on original reporting and new historical research to provide a more accurate understanding of the current climate. He argues that the transformations the process has undergone should not be understood principally in partisan terms but as an institutional response on the part of the legislative branch to the growth of judicial power in the past five decades....
In Confirmation Wars, Benjamin Wittes rejects the parodies offered by both the Right and Left of the decline of the process by which the United States...
|
cena:
82,95 zł |
 |
The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones-Confronting a New Age of Threat
ISBN: 9780465089741 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security Agency, the U.S. government has harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their fingertips? Advances in cybertechnology, biotechnology, and robotics mean that more people than ever before have access to potentially dangerous technologies--from drones to computer networks and biological agents--which could be used to attack states and private citizens alike. In The Future of Violence, law and security experts Benjamin...
From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security Agency, the U.S. government has harnessed the power of cutting-edge t...
|
cena:
241,47 zł |
 |
Confirmation Wars: Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times
ISBN: 9781442201545 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Just in time for the first Supreme Court confirmation of the Obama administration, one of America's most insightful legal commentators updates the critically acclaimed Confirmation Wars: Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times to place the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the context of the changing nature of judicial nominations by recent presidents. Our system has gone from one in which people like Sotomayor or recent highly qualified nominees like John Roberts and Samuel Alito are shoe-ins for confirmation to a system in which they are shoe-ins for confirmation confrontations....
Just in time for the first Supreme Court confirmation of the Obama administration, one of America's most insightful legal commentators updates the cri...
|
cena:
138,34 zł |
 |
What Would Madison Do?: The Father of the Constitution Meets Modern American Politics
ISBN: 9780815726746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What would the father of the Constitution think of contemporary developments in American politics and public policy? Constitutional scholars have long debated whether the American political system, which was so influenced by the thinking of James Madison, has in fact grown outmoded. But if Madison himself could peer at the present, what would he think of the state of key political institutions that he helped originate and the government policies that these institutions produce? "In What Would Madison Do?," ten prominent scholars explore the contemporary performance of Madison's... What would the father of the Constitution think of contemporary developments in American politics and public policy? Constitutional scholars have... |
cena:
110,62 zł |
Czytaj nas na:
KrainaKsiazek.PL - Księgarnia Internetowa
