Permanent state of emergency : unchecked executive power and the demise of the rule of law /

"After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the US launched several initiatives that are either at the outermost limit of what international human rights law allows or over that limit. These involved systematic violations of non-derogable rights like the right not to be killed without due process...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alford, Ryan Patrick, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
Temas:
War and emergency powers > United States.
Executive power > United States.
Rule of law > United States.
Pouvoirs exceptionnels > États-Unis.
Pouvoir exécutif > États-Unis.
Règle de droit > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Executive power
Rule of law
War and emergency powers
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The minimum requirements of the rule of law
  • The historical development of the rule of law in the United States
  • Overbroad authority given to and appropriated by the executive after the 9/11 attacks
  • The response of the judiciary to executive overreaching, 2003-12
  • Judicial selection and executive branch dominance
  • Congress's failure to exercise oversight.

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