Detention and denial the case for candor after Guantánamo

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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1. Verfasser: Wittes, Benjamin (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press 2011
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Zusammenfassung: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.
"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 detention in the context of counterterrorism operations."--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:X, 160 S.
ISBN:9780815704911
978-0-8157-0491-1