Habeas corpus after 9/11 : confronting America's new global detention system /
Jonathan Hafetz.
- New York : New York University P., 2011.
- ix, 323 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
Laying the foundation for the "war on terror" -- Guantánamo : microcosm of a prison beyond the law -- Guantánamo beyond Guantánamo : toward a global detention system -- Crossing a constitutional rubicon : the domestic "enemy combatant" cases -- Habeas Corpus and the right to challenge unlawful imprisonment -- The seeds of a global constitution -- A modest judicial intervention : the first supreme court "enemy combatant" decisions -- The battle for habeas corpus continues --Tackling prisions beyond the law : Guantánamo revisited -- Toward a better understanding of habeas corpus : individual rights and the role of the judiciary during wartime -- The elusive custodian : some potential limits of habeas corpus -- Terrorism as crime : toward a lawful and sustainable detention policy -- Continuity and change : the detention policies of a new administration.
9780814724408 (pbk.)
Habeas corpus--United States. Detention of persons--United States. Terrorism--Prevention.--United States Combatants and noncombatants (International law) Detention of persons--Cuba--Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc.--Cuba--Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.