Habeas corpus after 9/11 : confronting America's new global detention system / Jonathan Hafetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hafetz, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habeas corpus--United States.

Habeas corpus.

Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc.

United States.

Detention of persons--United States.

Detention of persons.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Combatants and noncombatants (International law).

Detention of persons--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

Prisoners of war.

Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.

Physical Description:

ix, 323 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2011]

Contents:

Laying the foundation for the "war on terror"

Guantánamo : microcosm of a prison beyond the law

Guantánamo beyond Guantánamo : toward a global detention system

Crossing a constitutional rubicon : the domestic "enemy combatant" cases

Habeas corpus and the right to challenge unlawful imprisonment

The seeds of a global constitution

A modest judicial intervention : the first Supreme Court "enemy combatant" decisions

The battle for habeas corpus continues

Tackling prisons beyond the law : Guantánamo revisited

Toward a better understanding of habeas corpus : individual rights and the role of the judiciary during wartime

The elusive custodian : some potential limits of habeas corpus

Terrorism as crime : toward a lawful and sustainable detention policy

Continuity and change : the detention policy of a new administration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814737033

081473703X

9780814773437

0814773435

OCLC:

630468454