When Governments Break the Law : : The Rule of Law and the Prosecution of the Bush Administration /

When Governments Break the Law : : The Rule of Law and the Prosecution of the Bush Administration / / ed. by Austin Sarat, Nasser Hussain.

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Recent controversies surrounding the war on terror and American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought rule of law rhetoric to a fevered pitch. While President Obama has repeatedly emphasized his Administration’s commitment to transparency and the rule of law, nowhere has this resolve bee...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Finkelstein, Claire,
Hajjar, Lisa,
Herwitz, Daniel,
Holmes, Stephen,
Hussain, Nasser,
Sarat, Austin,
Vladeck, Stephen I.,
HerausgeberIn:
Hussain, Nasser,
Sarat, Austin,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Vindicating the Rule of Law
  • 2. Guantánamo in the Province of The Hague?
  • 3. Universal Jurisdiction as Praxis
  • 4. The Spider’s Web
  • 5. Democracy as the Rule of Law
  • 6. Justice Jackson, the Memory of Internment, and the Rule of Law after the Bush Administration
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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