Recommended Titles and Treatises

National Security

Not a suicide pact: the constitution in a time of national emergency

by Richard A. Posner. Oxford University Press. 2006.
171 pages. Updated by new edition.

This volume is the first in a new series on inalienable rights. In this title Posner discusses personal civil liberties in a time of terrorist threats to the country.He argues that "we must find a pragmatic balance between personal liberty and community safety."