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When Governments Break the Law : the Rule of Law and the Prosecution of the Bush Administration.

Recent controversies surrounding the war on terror and American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought rule of law rhetoric to a fevered pitch. While President Obama has repeatedly emphasized his Administration's commitment to transparency and the rule of law, nowhere has this resolv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sarat, Austin
Otros Autores: Hussain, Nasser
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Responding to Government Lawlessness: What Does the Rule of Law Require?; 1 Vindicating the Rule of Law: Prosecuting Free Riders on Human Rights; 2 Guantánamo in the Province of The Hague?; 3 Universal Jurisdiction as Praxis: An Option to Pursue Legal Accountability for Superpower Torturers; 4 The Spider's Web: How Government Lawbreakers Routinely Elude the Law; 5 Democracy as the Rule of Law; 6 Justice Jackson, the Memory of Internment, and the Rule of Law after the Bush Administration; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L.
  • Mn; o; p; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z.