Law's wars : the fate of the rule of law in the US 'War on Terror' / Richard L. Abel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abel, Richard L., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rule of law--United States.

Rule of law.

United States.

Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--United States.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 906 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Fate of the rule of law in the US 'War on Terror'

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"In the more than two centuries since the US was founded, the rule of law has been tested and compromised in numerous ways: the oppression of Native Americans, slavery, Jim Crow, labor struggles, the treatment of German-Americans in WW I, Japanese-Americans in WW II and radicals after both wars, the civil rights movement, protests against the Vietnam War, and more recently the distortion of the electoral process by money, gerrymandering, and disenfranchisement, and police responses to the Occupy movement and killings of young black man documented by Black Lives Matter. The "war on terror" has posed at least as great a danger"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / David Cole

Foreword / Vincent Warren

1. Defending the rule of law

2. Abu Ghraib

3. Guant�anamo Bay

4. Interrogation

5. Electronic surveillance

6. Ius in Bello

7. The resilience of the rule of law.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 873-898) and index.

ISBN:

9781108429818

1108429815

OCLC:

1023816435