Terrorism, Government, and Law: National Authority and Local Autonomy in the War on Terror

by Susan N. Herman

If the FBI asks local law enforcement agencies to interrogate Arab and Muslim men within their jurisdictions, may the Detroit Chief of Police decline to do so? Would allowing the federal government to insist on local assistance be an example of undesirable federal overreaching or desirable national uniformity? If the FBI engages in a Joint Terrorism Task Force with local law enforcement officials in Portland, Oregon, may Portland police officers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313347336
• ISBN13: 9780313347337
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"