Blogging Heads: Liberty vs. Security

By: Law is Cool · January 4, 2008 · Filed Under Civil Rights, International Law · Add Comment 

Jack Balkin of Yale Law School, blogger at Balkinization, and author of Cybercrime, speaks with Eric Posner of the University of Chicago Law School on the balance between liberty and security.

 

The New York Times labels this dialogue as the Orwellian Times.

 

Critics have found the discussion to be disturbing because it justifies the erosion of civil liberties.

 

 

 

Liberty vs. Security

Do we live in a time of emergency? (04:20)
The modern surveillance state (12:12)
What is the threat from government? (05:59)
Understanding civil liberties (09:19)
Worrying about civil liberties (05:45)
The value of political competition (10:41)

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