
Since 2001 the U.S. government has been engaged in the delicate balancing act of seeking to protect the country against terrorism, both foreign-connected and wholly domestic, while taking into account a number of constitutional protections that can all too easily be trammelled...

This book addresses the essential elements of homeland security law including: branches of government and institutions involved in counter-terrorism law; border control and immigration; surveillance; preventive detention and habeas corpus; cyberterrorism; and military...