Rightlessness : Testimony and Redress in U.S. Prison Camps since World War II /

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In this work, A. Naomi Paik grapples with the history of US prison camps that have confined people outside the boundaries of legal and civil rights. In doing so, she reveals a powerful ongoing contest over the nature and meaning of the law, over civil liberties and global human rights, and over the...

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Autor principal: Paik, A. Naomi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.
War and emergency legislation.
Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation.
Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc.
Haitians > Legal status, laws, etc.
Detention of unlawful combatants.
Detention of persons.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Detention des combattants illegaux > États-Unis.
Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009.
Mesures d'exception > États-Unis.
Haitians > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Detention of unlawful combatants > United States.
Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation > United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Detention of persons > United States.
War and emergency legislation > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this work, A. Naomi Paik grapples with the history of US prison camps that have confined people outside the boundaries of legal and civil rights. In doing so, she reveals a powerful ongoing contest over the nature and meaning of the law, over civil liberties and global human rights, and over the power of the state in people's lives.
Notas:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Yale University, 2009) issued under title: Testifying to rightlessness : redressing the camp in narratives of U.S. culture and law.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (332 pages).
Premios:Asian American Studies Book Award--History, 2018.
ISBN:9781469628097

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