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Who Decides On Security?, Aziz Rana
Who Decides On Security?, Aziz Rana
Aziz Rana
Despite over six decades of reform initiatives, the overwhelming drift of security arrangements in the United States has been toward greater—not less— executive centralization and discretion. This Article explores why efforts to curb presidential prerogative have failed so consistently. It argues that while constitutional scholars have overwhelmingly focused their attention on procedural solutions, the underlying reason for the growth of emergency powers is ultimately political rather than purely legal. In particular, scholars have ignored how the basic meaning of "security" has itself shifted dramatically since World War II and the beginning of the Cold War in line with changing ideas …
What Future Democracy?, Aziz Rana
What Future Democracy?, Aziz Rana
Aziz Rana
The threat posed by Aids to the development of democracy in Africa plays no part in current discussions of the impact of the disease.