Freedom and Security in Constitutional Democracies: A Transatlantic Dialogue, Speeches by Dieter Feddersen, Jurgen Chr. Regge, Rudolf Mellinghoff, Janet Napolitano, Dr. Thomas De Maziere, and Andreas Vosskuhle
Constitutional freedom and domestic security are fundamental requirements for a democratic state based on the rule of law. The conflicts between security and freedom are one of the key issues of constitutional law, dominate the political discussion of police action, and are the subject of important decisions taken by constitutional courts. New challenges, especially those related to international terrorism, have shown that Americans and Europeans have different views on questions like: how much power should governments have, and what needs to be done to protect civil rights?
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