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Jack Goldsmith

    September 26, 1962

    Jack Goldsmith is a distinguished legal scholar whose writing delves into the complex realms of international law, national security, and cyber law. His work deeply explores the legal and ethical quandaries faced by modern states in matters of national security. Goldsmith examines the tension between security measures and civil liberties, offering nuanced perspectives on these critical issues. His analyses often draw from his firsthand experience as a government legal advisor, providing insights into the practical application of theoretical legal principles. His writing is characterized by its sharp intellect and pursuit of balanced understanding.

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    After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency
    • 2020

      After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency

      • 436 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      4.1(21)Add rating

      In this book, Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith provide a comprehensive roadmap for reform of the presidency in the post-Trump era. In fourteen chapters they offer more than fifty concrete proposals concerning presidential conflicts of interest, foreign influence on elections, pardon power abuse, assaults on the press, law enforcement independence, Special Counsel procedures, FBI investigations of presidents and presidential campaigns, the role of the White House Counsel, war powers, control of nuclear weapons, executive branch vacancies, domestic emergency powers, how one administration should examine possible crimes by the president of a prior administration, and more

      After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency
    • 2006

      In The Limits of International Law, Goldsmith and Posner argue that international law matters, but that it is less powerful than public officials, legal experts, and the media believe. International law, they contend, is simply a product of states pursuing their interests on the international stage.

      The Limits of International Law: The Limits of International Law
    • 2006

      In this provocative new book, the authors tell the fascinating story of the Internet's challenge to governmental rule in the 1990s, and of the fate of one idea--that the Internet might liberate users forever from government, borders, and even their physical selves.

      Who controls the Internet?. Illusions of a borderless world