Is there a right to remain silent? : coercive interrogation and the Fifth Amendment after 9/11 / Alan M. Dershowitz.

New York : Oxford University Press U.S., 2008.

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United States. -- 5th Amendment. -- Constitution.

United States. -- Supreme Court.

Self-incrimination -- United States.

1. --2. --3. --4. --5. --6. --7. --8. --Conclusion. What is the right against self-incrimination? The Supreme Court's recent decision The limits of textual analysis in constitutional interpretation The limits of precedent: which way does the immunity analogy cut? The limits of historical inquiry The privilege over time The relevance of constitutional policies underlying the right A matter of interpretation The case for a vibrant privilege in the preventive state.

In this book, legal scholar Alan Dershowitz reveals the importance of the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent, and reveals how the protection promised under the Amendment are being reshaped, limited and in some cases revoked in the wake of 9/11.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780195307795

xx, 212 p. ; 22 cm