Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Civil service    3. General    4. Government - U.S. Government    5. Human Resources & Personnel Management    6. Personnel management    7. Political Science    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Public Employment Relations    10. U.S. Civil Service    11. United States    12. Central government    13. Industrial relations    14. Political Science / General    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Government - Federal    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Businessmen    3. Executives    4. General    5. Government - State & Provincial    6. History    7. Photo Essays    8. Political Science    9. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey    10. Transportation    11. United States    12. United States - General    13. Urban Planning Administration    14. City & town planning - architectural aspects    15. Local government    16. Shipping industries    17. Tobin, Austin J   

Reviews (2)

Inside a Cult of Personality
The left turn is the most dangerous for an automobile since it involves two different streams of traffic. This is JLS' humorous history in a very serious agency. The television series "The FBI" was phony; the only inspectors he knew were those who investigated FBI employees (p.8), Could the show have ended after J Edgar Hoover's death because Hoover could no longer pull strings? nothing's changed
Read it twenty years ago, thought it couldn't be true.I found out that unfortunately,it still is... ... Read more

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A big overblown book
There must be some kind of agreement between the authors and the publishers at Carolina Academic Press to restrict the use of this book to law schools only. I had to borrow a copy to develop my undergrad course. They worship the book like it was golden or something over at Duke Law, and I don't know how popular it is at other places, but readers might want to check out the cheaper National Security and Military Law in a Nutshell or the Stephen Dycus textbook. There really aren't any good books on the subject. Everything you'd expect to find, and more, is here, however. The most original piece is chapter 2 on theoretical frameworks that the authors have come up with for classifying NS law (balance of power, collective security, world federalism, functionalism, and incentive theory).The rest is all pretty much a straightforward casebook.Several early chapters address the law of war, and OPLAW is also covered. Terrorism, crimes against humanity, and arms control are covered in some of the middle chapters, but those looking for in-depth analysis of peacekeeping operations should probably look elsewhere. I found a few of the latter chapters interesting, like those on intelligence, technology, and homeland security, but there were many chapters I didn't find at all useful, such as Chapters 14 (Law of the Sea), 15 (Outer Space Law), and 32 (Environmental Law). These are specialized areas of law which for my taste only involves an occasional criminal justice interest, such as how CJ is sometimes interested in piracy and/or maritime law as an example of customary law, outer space law as an example of treaty law, and environmental law as a way to learn about state, corporate, or white collar crime. Also less useful to me were Chapters 16 (Powers of Congress), 17 (Powers of President), 18 (Treaties), and 19 (Lawyers). With the exception of chapter 19 (which is career advice on how to become a national security lawyer), the others constitute the kind of emphasis which would be found in a Political Science Department, and indeed, most syllabi for such courses reflect use of the national security topic to accomplish the learning of political science insights into the basic workings of government. Also less useful to me were Chapters 21 (Domestic Terrorism), 22 (Secrecy), 23 (Freedom of Expression), 24 (Fourth & Fifth Amendment concerns), 25 (Espionage), 26 (Immigration Law), and 30 (FEMA). It's not that these topics are unimportant, but what you need to know about them are touched on elsewhere in other chapters, and these chapters are not that well-developed or well-integrated with the book.For example, chapter 21 on domestic terrorism is less than ten pages long, and probably does not technically qualify as a textbook chapter. The other chapters are either like that, consist of the contributor talking about war stories from their career, or are an extended legal brief of one or two court cases. Students should understand that in the areas of national security law and/or the international law of conflict management, there are few matters which are settled or definitive, and that controversial yet legitimate points of view exist.
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Subjects:  1. Foreign relations    2. Government - Federal    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Military    7. National security    8. Taxation    9. United States   

Subjects:  1. Local government    2. Politics - Current Events    3. Politics/International Relations    4. State governments    5. State, Provincial & Local Government    6. U.S. Local Government    7. U.S. State Government    8. United States    9. USA   

Subjects:  1. (John Edgar),    2. 1895-1972    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Federal Bureau of Investigatio    7. General    8. Government executives    9. Hoover, J. Edgar    10. Police    11. Subversive activities    12. U.S. Government - Intelligence Agencies    13. United States    14. Political structure & processes    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Propaganda    3. Propaganda, American    4. United States Information Agen   

Subjects:  1. Evidence    2. Government - Federal    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

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Excellent supplementary text to accompany a personnel course
Hays and Kearney are well know for their edited readers. This text is a compilation of articles from leading writers in the field of public personnel management. As such, the book serves as a useful discussion textwithin the classroom environment. The subjects treated run the gamut ofpersonnel issues, but most noteworthy are the articles on constitutionallaw, public ethics, and civil service reform. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Service    2. Government - U.S. Government    3. Personnel And Human Resources Management    4. Personnel management    5. Politics - Current Events    6. Politics/International Relations    7. United States    8. Central government    9. Civil service & public sector    10. Management & management techniques    11. Personnel & human resources management    12. USA   

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frightening account of the inner workings of Government
The Cult of the Atom is a frightening look at the inner workings of the Atomic Energy Commission, and it's successor, the Department of Energy. Very well researched, the author takes us on a journey of special interests, accidents, incidents, and the growing pains of a multi-zillion dollar industry. If evver you wondered about which side of the nuclear reactor debate to be on, this book will absolutely convince you. And if you wondered if Big Bu$ine$$ holds sway over government, this book provides ample insight.An economical addition to your favorite nukeheads' shelf! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Government - U.S. Government    2. Politics - Current Events    3. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Federal Jurisdiction    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

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I NEVER GOT MY BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am really mad bc I never got this book! As of 3 weeks after I oredered it, it had not been shipped! I had to cancell my order! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Federal Jurisdiction    3. Government - Federal    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Study & Teaching   

Subjects:  1. Government - State & Provincial    2. Politics - Current Events    3. Politics/International Relations    4. U.S. Local Government    5. U.S. State Government   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Environmental law    3. Government - Federal    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Pollution    8. United States   

Subjects:  1. Budget    2. General    3. Government - Legislative Branch    4. Government spending policy    5. Governmental Income And Expenditure    6. History    7. History - U.S.    8. Law and legislation    9. Political History    10. Political Science    11. Politics/International Relations    12. U.S. House Of Representatives    13. United States    14. United States - General    15. 20th century    16. American history    17. Budget--United States--History    18. Political Science / General    19. USA    20. c 1800 to c 1900   

Reviews (5)

Best Described as a Law Review Article Retaining Fluid
The book begins with the presentation of an interesting thesis: courts should act minimally when deciding cases.The author aptly examines this proposition of minimalism, breaking it into component dimensions of deep vs. shallow and broad vs. narrow.Minimalism is attractive because it allows for democratic deliberation, is an acknowledgement of the limited ability of the courts, both to predict the future and to acquire currently dispersed information, and because it promotes agreement.Sunstein not only asserts minimalism as a normative ideal, but also as a description of the current Supreme Court.
An intriguing examination of how the Supreme Court operates
It is a common piece of political rhetoric that courts run this country; you see this most commonly from the right. Sunstein presents an alternative that actually examines how the Supreme Court operates across broad categories. Sunstein develops the theory of minimalism. Under this theory, Sunstein argues that courts should proceed cautiously in deciding cases that involve complex and difficult areas of constitutional law. Courts have institutional limitations that make it difficult for them to provide hard rules that will decide every case in the future. One recurring example is Roe v. Wade where the Court attempted to lay out a broad rule. The experience with this broad rule demonstrated that the Court's attempt was a bad idea in that it had insufficient knowledge to adequately develop rules to deal with all contingencies. That is why the Court itself eventually abandoned Roe's broad rule in Casey. While Sunstein warns against broad and far-reaching rules, he does not say that all such rules are invalid. Instead he argues that such rules should be limited for those few cases and areas that a consensus exists and the risk of error is minimal; an example of which is Brown where the Court had a series of decisions lending support to its ultimate resolution of segregation. After describing minimalism, Sunstein analyzes the Court's recent decisions regarding assisted suicide, affirmative action, sex and sexual orientation, and the first amendment dealing with cable and internet issues. In each of these areas the Court has proceeded in a minimalist fashion, which Sunstein describes and defends.
Response to "Sad....Brilliant Mind."
Review titled "Sad...Brilliant Mind" is misguided and his criticism is misplaced.His erudiction is impressive (lots of foreign, erudite words to be sure) but his analysis confuses several criticalpositions.Read "One Case at a Time" and you will gain a betteridea of how fundamentally flawed our democratic process actually is and therole of the judiciary as a buffer against a tyranny by the majority.Tounderstand the Supreme Court since 1954, one must see the historicalcircumstances of that era. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Courts - Supreme Court    2. Government - Federal    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Civil law (general works)    6. Constitutional & administrative law    7. Law / General    8. USA