Extraordinary Justice : : Military Tribunals in Historical and International Context / / Peter Judson Richards.
The Al-Qaeda terror attacks of September 11, 2001, aroused a number of extraordinary counter measures in response, including an executive order authorizing the creation of military tribunals or “commissions” for the trial of accused terrorists. The Supreme Court has weighed in on the topic with some...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. American Practices from the Founding through the Civil War
- 2. British Military Tribunals and Martial Law in the Boer War
- 3. France and the Conseils de Guerre of the First World War
- 4. Trials by Military Commission in the Second World War
- 5. Wartime Tribunals and the Future of Warfare
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author