Our Nation Unhinged : the Human Consequences of the War on Terror.

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Jose Padilla short-shackled and wearing blackened goggles and earmuffs to block out all light and sound on his way to the dentist. Fifteen-year-old Omar Khadr crying out to an American soldier, "Kill me!" Hunger strikers at Guantánamo being restrained and force-fed through tubes up their...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Honigsberg, Peter Jan
Other Authors: Chemerinsky, Erwin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp
2001-2009
Prisoners of war > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Detention of persons > United States.
Human rights > Government policy > United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Prisoners of war > Legal status, laws, etc. > Cuba > Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
Prisoners of war > Legal status, laws, etc. > Cuba > Guantánamo Bay Naval Base > Cases.
Combatants and noncombatants (International law)
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009.
Combattants et non-combattants (Droit international)
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Detention of persons
Human rights > Government policy
Prisoners of war > Legal status, laws, etc.
Cuba > Guantánamo Bay Naval Base
United States
Trials, litigation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; The Cuban Iguana and American Jurisprudence; Foreword; Opening; PART ONE: MANIPULATING THE LAW; Introducing the Term Enemy Combatant; Justifying Harsh Interrogations and Torture; Asserting Absolute Power as Commander in Chief; PART TWO: LAWLESS DETENTIONS IN AMERICA; Yaser Hamdi, American Citizen; Jose Padilla, American Citizen; Ali Saleh Kalah al Marri, American Resident; Preventive Detention; PART THREE: LAWLESS DETENTIONS IN GUANTANAMO; I: Guantanamo and the Road to the Supreme Court, 2002-2004; Why Guantanamo?; Martin Luther King Weekend, January 2002.
  • The Road to the Supreme CourtWith a Little Help from the Cuban Iguana; A Historic Supreme Court Decision: Rasul v. Bush; II: Inhumane Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo; Interrogation Log of a Guantanamo Detainee; FBI Report: July 29, 2004; Denial of Treatment; Suicides at the Base; The Emergency Response Force; Hunger Strikers and Force-feeding; III: The Administration under Siege, 2004-2006; Combatant Status Review Tribunals; Administrative Review Boards; Government Interference with Attorneys; The Administration's Legal Position Falters; IV: Winds of Change, 2006-2008.
  • A Second Historic Supreme Court Decision: Hamdan v. RumsfeldThe Military Commissions Act; The Third Guantanamo Case: Boumediene v. Bush; Supreme Court Oral Arguments; A Parallel Case on Reviewing CSRT Hearings; The Return to War Crime Prosecutions: Hicks, Khadr, and Hamdan; Victory: Boumediene v. Bush; Another Blow to the Administration: Parhat v. Gates; PART FOUR: FOREIGN PRISONS AND CIA BLACK SITES; The Evolution of Extraordinary Rendition; Case Study: Khalid El-Masri; Case Study: Maher Arar; Case Study: Abu Omar; Violating Human Rights Laws.
  • PART FIVE: DETENTIONS IN AMERICA WITH DUE PROCESSJohn Walker Lindh; Richard Colvin Reid; Zacarias Moussaoui; The Lackawanna Six; Closing; Addendum: Visiting Guantanamo Bay; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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