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Habeas Corpus After 9/11
Jonathan Hafetz
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Description for Habeas Corpus After 9/11
Paperback. Maintains that habeas corpus remains the single most important check against arbitrary and unlawful detention, torture, and the abuse of executive power Num Pages: 331 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPV; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
2012 American Bar Association Gavel Award Honorable Mention for Books
2012 Scribes Book Silver Medal Award presented by the American Society of Legal Writers
The U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay has long been synonymous with torture, secrecy, and the abuse of executive power. It has come to epitomize lawlessness and has sparked protracted legal battles and political debate. For too long, however, Guantánamo has been viewed in isolation and has overshadowed a larger, interconnected global detention system that includes other military prisons such as Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, secret CIA jails, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
Number of Pages
331
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814724408
SKU
V9780814724408
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About Jonathan Hafetz
Jonathan Hafetz is Associate Professor at Seton Hall Law School and has litigated numerous landmark habeas corpus detention cases. He also is the co-editor (with Mark Denbeaux) of The Guantánamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law (NYU Press, 2009).
Reviews for Habeas Corpus After 9/11
Deftly connecting Guantánamo to other secret prisons, law to politics, secrecy to terror, and the efforts of the courts to frame and reframe the ancient writ of habeas corpus for a modern era, Hafetz explores what was lost when habeas became a legal question as opposed to an answer. Anyone seeking a way forward on the issues of detention, incarceration, ... Read more