More essential than ever : the Fourth Amendment in the twenty-first century /
When the states ratified the Bill of Rights in the eighteenth century, the Fourth Amendment seemed straightforward. It requires that government respect the right of citizens to be "secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures." Of course,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2012.
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| Series: | Inalienable rights series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Our Fourth Amendment tradition
- Searches and arrests
- Policing public spaces
- The administrative state
- Wiretapping, eavesdropping, and the information age
- The national security challenge
- The Fourth Amendment today : misunderstood but indispensable.