Blogging Heads: Liberty vs. Security

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

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