An authoritative assessment of the new laws of war and a sensible and sophisticated roadmap for the future of liberty in the Age of TerrorAmerica is losing a crucial front in the ongoing war on terror. It is losing not to Al Qaeda, but to its own failure to construct a set of laws that will protect the American people during this global conflict. As debate continues to rage over the legality and ethics of war, Benjamin Wittes enters the fray with a sober-minded exp...

Just in time for the first Supreme Court confirmation of the Obama administration, one of America's most insightful legal commentators updates the critically acclaimed Confirmation Wars: Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times to place the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the context of the changing nature of judicial nominations by recent presidents.Our system has gone from one in which people like Sotomayor or recent highly qualified nominees like John Roberts...

In American presidential history, this is "perhaps the most penetrating book to have been written about Trump in office" ( Times Literary Supplement ).The extraordinary authority of the US presidency has no parallel in the democratic world. Today that authority resides in the hands of one man, Donald J. Trump. But rarely if ever has the nature of a president clashed more profoundly with the nature of the office. Unmaki...

**This program is read by the authors.The definitive account of how Donald Trump has wielded the powers of the American presidency.**The extraordinary authority of the U.S. presidency has no parallel in the democratic world. Today that authority resides in the hands of one man, Donald J. Trump. But rarely if ever has the nature of a president clashed more profoundly with the nature of the office. Unmaking the Presidency tells the story of the confrontation between ...

Two legal scholars explore the security and political implications of revolutionary new technologies from drones to 3-D printers, and explain how governments must adapt to our brave new world of dispersed threats.From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security Agency, the U.S. government has harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their fingertips...

From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security Agency, the US government has harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their fingertips? Advances in cybertechnology, biotechnology, and robotics mean that more people than ever before have access to potentially dangerous technologies—from drones to computer networks and biological agents—that could be used to attack states a...

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 ...

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, breathtaking changes in technology are posing stark challenges to our constitutional values. From free speech to privacy, from liberty and personal autonomy to the right against self-incrimination, basic constitutional principles are under stress from technological advances unimaginable even a few decades ago, let alone during the founding era. In this provocative collection, America's leading scholars of technology, law, and ethics imagine how...

Everything pharmacists and pharmacy students need to know about drug information managementA Doody's Core Title for 2023, 2024 & 2026!Drug Information: A Guide for Pharmacists provides you with the tools you need to to research, interpret, evaluate, collate, and disseminate drug information in the most effective and efficient manner possible. This trusted resource addresses essential topics such as formulating an effective ...

Walter Benjamin (1892 – 1940) war einer der einflussreichsten Intellektuellen der zwanziger und dreißiger Jahre. Seine geschichtsphilosophischen und ästhetischen Schriften wie «Einbahnstraße» (1928) und «Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit» (1936) haben Maßstäbe gesetzt. Von den Nazis ins Exil getrieben, fand Benjamin in Frankreich Zuflucht. Dort arbeitete er vor allem an seinem umfangreichen Hauptwerk über die «Passagen» von Paris. 1940 scheiterte er beim Vers...

Notaufnahmen geraten durch nicht planbaren Patientenzustrom und enorme Leistungsverdichtung zunehmend unter Druck. Dies begünstigt Fehler in der Patientenversorgung und bedarf daher systematischer und wirksamer Gegenmaßnahmen. Daraus ergibt sich der Ansatzpunkt des klinischen Risikomanagements: Organisationen zu befähigen, relevante Risiken der Patientenversorgung zu identifizieren, zu analysieren, zutreffend zu bewerten und effektiv zu bewältigen. In der 2. Auflage wurde das Werk u. a. um...

Campaign 2012: Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy is an indispensable guide to the questions facing White House hopefuls in 2012, as well as the challenges awaiting the winner. It presents authoritative analyses of a dozen key policy issues currently testing the nation:-domestic economic growth-America's role in the world-the budget deficit-China relations-health care-Afghanistan and Pakistan-federalism