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

This book is an examination of the rise of the U.S.-run global detention system that emerged after 9/11 and the efforts to challenge it through habeas corpus (a petition filed in court claiming unlawful imprisonment).

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hafetz, Jonathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2011]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.