Habeas Corpus after 9/11 : Confronting America's New Global Detention System / Jonathan Hafetz.
2011
KF9011 .H34 2016
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Title
Habeas Corpus after 9/11 : Confronting America's New Global Detention System / Jonathan Hafetz.
Author
Hafetz, Jonathan, author.
ISBN
9780814790793
Published
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814737033.001.0001 doi
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KF9011 .H34 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
345.73056
Summary
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 the transfer of prisoners to other countries for torture. Guantánamo is simply-and alarmingly-the most visible example of a much larger prison system designed to operate outside the law.Habeas Corpus after 9/11 examines the rise of the U.S.-run global detention system that emerged after 9/11 and the efforts to challenge it through habeas corpus (a petition to appear in court to claim unlawful imprisonment). Habeas expert and litigator Jonathan Hafetz gives us an insider's view of the detention of "enemy combatants" and an accessible explanation of the complex forces that keep these systems running. In the age of terrorism, some argue that habeas corpus is impractical and unwise. Hafetz advocates that it remains the single most important check against arbitrary and unlawful detention, torture, and the abuse of executive power.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1
1. Laying the Foundation for the "War on Terror"
2. Guantánamo
3. Guantánamo beyond Guantánamo
4. Crossing a Constitutional Rubicon
Part 2
5. Habeas Corpus and the Right to Challenge Unlawful Imprisonment
6. The Seeds of a Global Constitution
Part 3
7. A Modest Judicial Intervention
8. The Battle for Habeas Corpus Continues
9. Tackling Prisons beyond the Law
Part 4
10. Toward a Better Understanding of Habeas Corpus
11. The Elusive Custodian
12. Terrorism as Crime
13. Continuity and Change
Notes
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1
1. Laying the Foundation for the "War on Terror"
2. Guantánamo
3. Guantánamo beyond Guantánamo
4. Crossing a Constitutional Rubicon
Part 2
5. Habeas Corpus and the Right to Challenge Unlawful Imprisonment
6. The Seeds of a Global Constitution
Part 3
7. A Modest Judicial Intervention
8. The Battle for Habeas Corpus Continues
9. Tackling Prisons beyond the Law
Part 4
10. Toward a Better Understanding of Habeas Corpus
11. The Elusive Custodian
12. Terrorism as Crime
13. Continuity and Change
Notes
Index
About the Author