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Beyond the law : the Bush Administration's unlawful responses in the "War" on Terror / Jordan J. Paust.

Title
Beyond the law : the Bush Administration's unlawful responses in the "War" on Terror / Jordan J. Paust.
Author
Paust, Jordan J., 1943-
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Description
xiv, 311 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Bush, George W. 1946-
  • USA Government
  • USA / Regierung
  • Geschichte 2001-2006
  • 2001-2009
  • Terrorists > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • Detention of persons > United States
  • Combatants and noncombatants (International law)
  • War (International law)
  • War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
  • Executive power > United States
  • War and emergency powers > United States
  • Civil rights > United States
  • Terrorism > United States > Prevention
  • United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-299) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Executive plans and authorizations to violate international law concerning treatment and interrogation of detainees -- Additional revelations concerning treatment, secret detentions, and secret renditions -- War and enemy status -- Judicial power to determine the status and rights of persons detained without trial -- Executive claims to unchecked power -- Antiterrorism Military Commissions.
ISBN
  • 9780521884266 (hbk.)
  • 0521884268 (hbk.)
  • 9780521711203 (pbk.)
  • 0521711207 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2007015484
OCLC
  • 123377303
  • SCSB-10414048
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library