Leading criminal law and constitutional scholar Alan M. Dershowitz is the author of such critically acclaimed books as Rights from Wrongs, The Case for Israel, and Why Terrorism Works. A professor at Harvard Law School, he lives in Massachusetts.

"In this provocative, illuminating, and lively book, [Dershowitz] demonstrates that simple conclusions disserve democracy-and endanger our safety. Dershowitz is right to call for a jurisprudence of preemption; he takes important steps toward providing that jurisprudence." -- Cass Sunstein, University of Chicago

Leading criminal law and constitutional scholar Alan M. Dershowitz is the author of such critically acclaimed books as Rights from Wrongs, The Case for Israel, and Why Terrorism Works. A professor at Harvard Law School, he lives in Massachusetts.

"In this provocative, illuminating, and lively book, [Dershowitz] demonstrates that simple conclusions disserve democracy-and endanger our safety. Dershowitz is right to call for a jurisprudence of preemption; he takes important steps toward providing that jurisprudence." -- Cass Sunstein, University of Chicago

Leading criminal law and constitutional scholar Alan M. Dershowitz is the author of such critically acclaimed books as Rights from Wrongs, The Case for Israel, and Why Terrorism Works. A professor at Harvard Law School, he lives in Massachusetts.

"In this provocative, illuminating, and lively book, [Dershowitz] demonstrates that simple conclusions disserve democracy-and endanger our safety. Dershowitz is right to call for a jurisprudence of preemption; he takes important steps toward providing that jurisprudence." -- Cass Sunstein, University of Chicago