Enemy Combatant Detainees : Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners of war.

Constitutional law.

Military prisons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT), established by DOD to hear the legal challenges of terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Reviews CSRT procedures, and summarizes court cases related to U.S. detention policy. Discusses the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, reviews select provisions of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, and explains constitutional considerations.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Enemy Combatant Detainees

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