Robert P. Abele

A User's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act and Beyond

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A User's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act and Beyond examines the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, passed by Congress six weeks after the horrific events of September 11, 2001. The book summarizes other programs put into operation to severely curtail the civil liberties of Americans, including a second, more intrusive PATRIOT Act, and other proposed programs and laws that attack privacy, probably cause, due process, and free speech.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 179g
• ISBN-13: 9780761830597
• ISBN-10: 0761830596
• Artikelnr.: 21395693

Autorenporträt

Robert P. Abele is a Philosophy and Religious Studies Instructor at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby, Illinois. Dr. Abele holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Marquette University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Our Rights Tradition: From the English Tradition to John Locke to
the Bill of Rights Chapter 2 The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 and the USA PATRIOT ACT Chapter 3 Does PATRIOT Trample Civil
Liberties? Chapter 4 Pending Legislation Involving Civil Rights Chapter
5 From PATRIOT to Police State? The Bush-Ashcroft Power Grabs Chapter 6
Bibliography Chapter 7 Index