About the Book
National Security Law
Fifth Edition
Stephen Dycus
Vermont Law School
Arthur L. Berney
Boston College
William C. Banks
Syracuse University
Peter Raven-Hansen
George Washington University
2011. 1392 pages. ISBN: 978-1-4548-0395-9. With Teacher's Manual.
See Also:
Dycus/Banks/Raven-Hansen
Counterterrorism Law
About the Book
National Security Law, Foreign Relations Law. In addition, this book is used in non-law school settings (such as West Point and the Kennedy School of Government), and as a primary research tool in the General Counsels’ offices at the FBI, CIA, Department of Defense, and other federal government agencies.
The top-selling casebook in its field, providing the broadest exploration of both constitutional and domestic law issues in National Security of any book in the field, as well as thoughtful treatment of related international law topics.
Features:
- Cohesive thematic framework—examines law and process for using American force abroad, intelligence gathering, counterterrorism, homeland security and related civil liberties concerns, and access to sensitive government information in a democracy
- Rich, well-balanced primary materials—including judicial opinions, executive orders, executive branch legal memoranda, statutes, and legislative history
- Descriptive text provides context and informative historical and background information
- Currency and comprehensive coverage—addresses the very latest developments in the war on terrorism, torture, the Iraq War, the USA PATRIOT Act, and related issues
- Organization—the Fourth Edition has been reorganized with topics broken down into additional, shorter chapters, to better reflect the way professors actually use the materials in the classroom
- Comprehensive Teacher’s Manual—more than 400 pages, with full explanations and analysis
- Respected author team
New to the Fifth Edition:
- Important recent cases
- Doe v. Holder (the latest in the long-running NSL case)
- Al-Kidd v. Ashcroft (Bivens action challenging the use of the material witness statute to detain and interrogate in a terrorism investigation)
- Farag v. United States (picking up where the Iqbal decisions leave off, providing a review of the law concerning profiling of suspected terrorists)
- Al Maqaleh v. Gates (testing the availability of the writ of habeas corpus to prisoners in Afghanistan)
- Al-Bihani v. Obama (the first post-Boumediene habeas decision to reach the D.C. Circuit, addressing statutory authorities for military detention, the relevance of international law, and procedural rights of detainees)
- Arar v. Ashcroft (the latest in the saga of Maher Arar’s extraordinary extradition to Syria)
- Dep’t of Defense v. ACLU (notes on the FOIA request for photos of abusive interrogation by U.S. officials of detainees)
- Excerpts from significant reports and materials
- National Security Strategy, May 2010
- Letter from the President Regarding the War Powers Report, Dec. 16, 2009
- The Obama Administration and International Law, by Harold Hongju Koh (Remarks on targeted killings)
- Final Report: Guantanamo Review Task Force, Jan. 22, 2010
- Military Commissions Act of 2009
- New Obama executive order on classification
- Attorney General Memo re Policies and Procedures Governing Invocation of the State Secrets Privilege, Sept. 23, 2009
