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Habeas corpus after 9/11 : confronting America's new global detention system /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hafetz, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Prisoners of war > Legal status, laws, etc. > Cuba > Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
Detention of persons > Cuba > Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
Combatants and noncombatants (International law)
Terrorism > United States > Prevention.
Detention of persons > United States.
Habeas corpus > United States.
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Laying the foundation for the "war on terror"
  • Guantánamo : microcosm of a prison beyond the law
  • Guantánamo beyond Guantánamo : toward a global detention system
  • Crossing a constitutional rubicon : the domestic "enemy combatant" cases
  • Habeas Corpus and the right to challenge unlawful imprisonment
  • The seeds of a global constitution
  • A modest judicial intervention : the first supreme court "enemy combatant" decisions
  • The battle for habeas corpus continues
  • Tackling prisions beyond the law : Guantánamo revisited
  • Toward a better understanding of habeas corpus : individual rights and the role of the judiciary during wartime
  • The elusive custodian : some potential limits of habeas corpus
  • Terrorism as crime : toward a lawful and sustainable detention policy
  • Continuity and change : the detention policies of a new administration.