Beyond the law
Subtitle: the Bush Administration's unlawful responses in the War on Terror
By: Jordan J. Paust.
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge [UK]; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521884266; 9780521711203
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946-; Detention of persons -- United States; Terrorists -- Legal status, laws, etc., -- United States; Combatants and noncombatants (International law); War (International law); War on Terrorism, 2001-; Executive power -- United States; War and emergency powers -- United States; Civil rights -- United States; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Executive plans and authorizations to violate international law concerning treatment and interrogation of detainees; title: Additional revelations concerning treatment, secret detentions, and secret renditions; title: War and enemy status; title: Judicial power to determine the status and rights of persons detained without  trial; title: Executive claims to unchecked power; title: Antiterrorism Military Commissions.