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The Perilous Dialogue, Laura K. Donohue
The Perilous Dialogue, Laura K. Donohue
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The master metaphor in the national security dialogue is, indeed, “security or freedom”. It dominates the counterterrorist discourse both in the United States and abroad. Transcripts from debates in Ireland’s Dáil Éireann, Turkey’s Büyük Millet Meclisi, and Australia’s Parliament are filled with reference to the need to weigh the value of liberty against the threat posed by terrorism. Perhaps nowhere is this more pronounced than in the United Kingdom, where, for decades, counterterrorist debates have turned on this framing. Owing in part, though, to different constitutional structures, what “security or freedom” means in America differs from what it means in …
India's "Patriot Act": Pota And The Impact On Civil Liberties In The World's Largest Democracy, Jayanth K. Krishnan
India's "Patriot Act": Pota And The Impact On Civil Liberties In The World's Largest Democracy, Jayanth K. Krishnan
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Challenges To Fragile Democracies In The Americas: Legitimacy And Accountability, Martin Böhmer, A.R. Brewer-Carías, Helen Beatriz Mack Chang, Sarah H. Cleveland, Francisco Cox, Lourdes Flores Nano, H.W. Perry Jr., Steven Ratner, Carlos Rosenkrantz, Roberto Saba, Dean Michael Sharlot, Nicolas Shumway, Gerald Torres
Challenges To Fragile Democracies In The Americas: Legitimacy And Accountability, Martin Böhmer, A.R. Brewer-Carías, Helen Beatriz Mack Chang, Sarah H. Cleveland, Francisco Cox, Lourdes Flores Nano, H.W. Perry Jr., Steven Ratner, Carlos Rosenkrantz, Roberto Saba, Dean Michael Sharlot, Nicolas Shumway, Gerald Torres
Faculty Scholarship
February 25, 2000, the University of Texas School of Law hosted an extraordinary gathering to discuss the fragility of democracies in Latin America and the dangers that they face. The event was sponsored by several institutions at the University of Texas: the School of Law, the Institute of Latin American Studies, the Office of the Provost, the College of Liberal Arts Democracy in the Third Millennium Program, and the International Law Society at the School of Law.