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Fear And Risk In Times Of Crisis: The Media's Challenge, Richard C. Reuben
Fear And Risk In Times Of Crisis: The Media's Challenge, Richard C. Reuben
Missouri Law Review
With five to ten minutes to comment at the very end of an intellectually exhilarating two-day symposium, I am quite frankly tempted to say "You know, they've all got a point," and leave it at that. But this has been an important discussion, and in this comment I'd like to at least try to make a small contribution to it.
Information Control In Times Of Crisis: The Tools Of Repression (Symposium, Privacy And Surveillance), Christina E. Wells
Information Control In Times Of Crisis: The Tools Of Repression (Symposium, Privacy And Surveillance), Christina E. Wells
Faculty Publications
This article identifies several tools of information control that occur consistently throughout history. The government does not use all of these tools in every national security crisis. Nor does it always abuse them. However, the patterns that emerge suggest a certain predictability to (1) the government's actions during national security crises, and (2) the potentially negative consequences flowing from them that warrants our attention. Understanding this historical pattern of government action allows one to identify and potentially prevent future problems. This is especially important in the post-9/11 world in which the government has asked for and received controversial powers with …
Crisis Intervention For Legal Counselors, Brian Easton
Crisis Intervention For Legal Counselors, Brian Easton
Journal of Dispute Resolution
To assume clients phone for legal appointments with mere problems is to negate the initial thrust that propels the need for legal advice. A crisis is often this propelling factor, and an attorney must be able to understand, act from a knowledgeable position, empathize and know the legal and nonlegal implications facing the client. To be stationary, aloof, or combative when a client's situation roars toward a crisis peak, is to fail as a legal counselor.