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1 online resource (681 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 An Overview of the Obama Administration's Canonical Speeches of the First Term; 2 The Good, the Bad, and the Underdeveloped; 3 The President's NDU Speech and the Pivot from the First Term to the Second; 4 The Speeches in Interaction with Other Branches of Government; 5 The Framework and Its Discontents; Conclusion; Appendixes: Addresses and Remarks by President Obama and Administration Officials on National Security Law; Appendix: Obama-A; Appendix: Obama-B; Appendix: Obama-C; Appendix: Obama-D; Appendix: Koh-A; Appendix: Koh-B. |
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Appendix: Kris-AAppendix: Johnson-A; Appendix: Johnson-B; Appendix: Johnson-C; Appendix: Holder-A; Appendix: Preston-A; Appendix: Brennan-A; Appendix: Brennan-B; Appendix: Brennan-C; Appendix: Litt-A; About the Authors; About the Hoover Institution's Jean Perkins Task Force on National Security and Law; Index. |
| Summary |
When Barack Obama came into office, the strategic landscape facing the United States in its overseas counterterrorism operations was undergoing a shift. Even before the rise of drones necessitated the articulation of legal doctrine, the Obama administration had to explain itself. In Speaking the Law, the authors offer a detailed examination of the speeches of the Obama administration on national security legal issues. Viewed together here for the first time, the authors lay out a broad array of legal and policy positions regarding a large number of principles currently contested at both the do. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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National security -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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National security -- Law and legislation. |
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United States. |
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Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wittes, Benjamin.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anderson, Kenneth. Speaking the Law : The Obama Administration's Addresses on National Security Law. Chicago : Hoover Institution Press, ©2015 9780817916541 |
| ISBN |
9780817916565 (electronic book) |
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0817916563 (electronic book) |
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