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Our nation unhinged the human consequences of the War on Terror / Peter Jan Honigsberg ; foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky.
| Author/creator | Honigsberg, Peter Jan |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, |
| Description | xix, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introducing the term enemy combatant -- Justifying harsh interrogations and torture -- Asserting absolute power as Commander in Chief -- Yaser Hamdi, American citizen -- Jose Padilla, American citizen -- Ali Saleh Kalah Al Marri, American resident -- Preventive detention -- Guantanamo and the road to the Supreme Court, 2002-2004 -- Why Guantanamo? -- Martin Luther King weekend, January 2002 -- The road to the Supreme Court -- With a little help from the Cuban Iguana -- A historic Supreme Court decision : Rasul v. Bush -- 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 --The Administration under siege, 2004-2006 -- Combatant Status Review Tribunals -- Administrative review boards -- Government interference with attorneys. |
| Contents | The Administration's legal position falters -- Winds of change, 2006-2008 -- A second historic Supreme Court decision : Hamdan v. Rumsfeld -- The 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 -- The evolution of extraordinary rendition -- Case study : Khalid El-Masri -- Case study : Maher Arar -- Case study : Abu Omar -- Violating human rights laws -- John Walker Lindh -- Richard Colvin Reid -- Zacarias Moussaoui -- The Lackawanna Six. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-293) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008052272 |
| ISBN | 9780520254725 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520254724 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |