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Author:   Peter Jan Honigsberg ,  Erwin Chemerinsky
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780520254725

ISBN 10:   0520254724
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   18 May 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations The Cuban Iguana and American Jurisprudence Foreword by Erwin Chermerinsky Opening Part One: Manipulating the Law Introducing the Term Enemy Combatant Justifying Harsh Interrogations and Torture Asserting Absolute Power as Commander-in-Chief Part Two: Lawless Detentions in America Yaser Hamdi, American Citizen Jose Padilla, American Citizen Ali Saleh Kalah Al Marri, American Resident Preventive Detention Part Three: Lawless Detentions in Guantanamo I. Guantanamo and the Road to the Supreme Court, 2002-2004 Why Guantanamo? Martin Luther King Weekend, January 2002 The Road to the Supreme Court With a Little Help from the Cuban Iguana A Historic Supreme Court Decision: Rasul v. Bush II. Inhumane Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo Interrogation Log of a Guantanamo Detainee FBI Report: July 29, 2004 Denial of Treatment Suicides at the Base Emergency Response Force Hunger Strikers and Forced Feeding III. The Administration under Siege, 2004-2006 Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) Government Interference with Attorneys The Administration's Legal Position Falters Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 IV. Winds of Change, 2006-2008 A Second Historic Supreme Court Decision: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld The Military Commissions Act The Third Guantanamo Case: Boumediene v. Bush Supreme Court Oral Arguments A Parallel Case on Reviewing CSRT Hearings The Return to War Crime Prosecutions: Hicks, Khadr, and Hamdan Victory: Boumediene v. Bush Part Four: Foreign Prisons and CIA Black Sites The Evolution of Extraordinary Rendition Case Study: Khalid El-Masri Case Study: Maher Arar Case Study: Abu Omar Violating Human Rights Laws Part Five: Detentions in America with Due Process John Walker Lindh Richard Colvin Reid Zacarias Moussaoui The Lackawanna Six Closing Addendum: Visiting Guantanamo Bay List of Abbreviations Notes Index

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Provides a compelling account of the human costs of the erosion of civil rights in the post-9/11 US. Times Higher Education 20090528 A powerful indictment Bush's War on Terror, vivid and horrifying and hard to put down. Publishers Weekly 20090615

Provides a compelling account of the human costs of the erosion of civil rights in the post-9/11 US. --Times Higher Education A powerful indictment Bush's War on Terror, vivid and horrifying and hard to put down. --Publishers Weekly

Author Information

Peter Jan Honigsberg is Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco School of Law. He visited Guantanamo in May 2007. He is author of Crossing Border Street: A Civil Rights Memoir (UC Press), among other books.

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