The United States, international law, and the struggle against terrorism
By: Thomas McDonnell.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780415488983
Subjects: Terrorism -- Prevention; War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Law and legislation; Torture (International law); Habeas corpus (International law); Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention; War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Law and legislation -- United States; Torture -- United States
Table of contents: title: The West's colonization of Muslim lands and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism; title: "The global War on Terrorism"a mislabeling of the terrorist challenge?; title: Torture light?; title: Torture heavy; title: The allure of the ticking time bomb hypothetical; title: Beyond locking 'em up and throwing away the key?; title: Indefinite detention, habeas corpus, and the right to a fair trial; title: Acceptable "collateral damage???" taking innocent life in conducting the "War on Terrorism?"; title: Assassinating suspected terrorists??the dark side of the War on Terror?"; title: Carrying out the death penalty in the "War on Terrorism??" getting just desert or creating martyrs?; title: Racial and ethnic profiling of muslims?inherently discriminatory or a sound tactic against suspected terrorists?; title: The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan; title: The invasion and occupation of Iraq aggression or a justified resort to force?; title: Conquest, colonization, and the right of self-determination.