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Enemy combatant detainees / Earl P. Bettinton, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detention of persons--United States.
- Detention of persons.
- Habeas corpus--United States.
- Habeas corpus.
- Police questioning--United States.
- Police questioning.
- Terrorists--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Terrorists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (115 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- After the US Supreme Court held that US courts have jurisdiction to hear legal challenges on behalf of persons detained at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in connection with the war against terrorism, the Pentagon established Combatant Status Review Tribunals, to allow the detainees to contest their status as enemy combatants.
- Contents:
- ""Enemy Combatant Detainees""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Background""; ""Court Challenges to the Detention Policy""; ""Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA)""; ""The Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA)""; ""Post-MCA Issues and Developments""; ""Constitutional Considerations and Options for Congress""; ""Legislative Action in the 110th Congress""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Interrogation of Detaines: Overview of the McCain Amendment""; ""Abstract""
- ""Summary and Analysis of the McCain Amendment""""Effects of Hamdan V. Rumsfeld and the MCA""; ""References""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60876-564-4
- OCLC:
- 593295540
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