Detention and denial : the case for candor after Guantánamo /

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"Discusses the legal, political, and moral ramifications of the current U.S. approach to handling detention of terrorist suspects and reviews in particular the historical and current uses of preventive detention under American law in arguing for a formal, statutory system of rules to govern det...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wittes, Benjamin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Political Science and Policy Studies.
Subjects:
Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation > United States.
Detention of persons > United States.
LAW > Taxation.
LAW > Government > Federal.
Detention of persons
Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation
United States of America.
Guantanamo Bay.
Terrorism.
Prevention.
Detention.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Current U.S. policy
  • The mythology and reality of preventive detention in the United States
  • The emerging law of detention
  • The problems that denial cannot solve
  • The case for candor
  • Conclusion.

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