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Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror wins first Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize
Book by scholar-attorneys David D. Cole and Jules L. Lobel examines the tension between civil liberties and national security in America’s “war on terror”
CHICAGO–November 2 , 2007–-Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror by David D. Cole and Jules L. Lobel (The New Press) has won the first Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize. The prize was established earlier this year by Chicago-Kent alumnus Roy C. Palmer and his wife, Susan M. Palmer, to honor an exemplary work of scholarship exploring the tension between civil liberties and national security in contemporary American society. The winners, who will share the $10,000 prize, will present their work at Chicago-Kent during the spring semester. (View lecture.)
“The members of the Palmer Prize committee were impressed by the depth and breadth of scholarship in the entries submitted,” said Dean Harold J. Krent. “We are pleased to honor David Cole and Jules Lobel for their scholarly contribution to the public discourse regarding the tenuous relationship between national security and the rule of law in times of crisis.”
Less Safe, Less Free is a critical analysis of the civil liberties and geopolitical implications of the Bush administration’s “war on terror” and self-described “paradigm of prevention” with respect to terrorism. The authors argue that the Bush administration not only has compromised the rule of law in the name of prevention but has made the United States more susceptible to future terrorist attacks. They offer an alternative preventive strategy emphasizing non-coercion and multilateral cooperation, which they assert will preserve the rule of law while enhancing national security.
Winning author and constitutional lawyer David D. Cole, a professor of law at Georgetown University, represents both U.S. immigrants and U.S. citizens in cases involving claims of national security and terrorism. He has litigated several major First Amendment cases.
Winning author and constitutional lawyer Jules L. Lobel, a professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh, is an expert in emergency powers and the laws governing wars. He has litigated major cases involving the application of international law in American courts, executive abuse of power, and infringement of civil liberties.
Roy Palmer, a lawyer and real estate developer, is a 1962 honors graduate of Chicago-Kent and a member of its board of overseers. He and his wife, Susan, active in numerous civic, social and philanthropic organizations, are the recipients of the 1997 Outstanding Individual Philanthropist Award of the National Society of Fundraising Executives. In 2006, the Palmers pledged a $1 million gift to the law school earmarked to support the expansion of Chicago-Kent’s campus, located in a rapidly developing area of downtown Chicago.
Visit www.kentlaw.edu/palmerprize for more information about the Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize.
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