Law's Wars

The Fate of the Rule of Law in the Us 'War on Terror'
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-108-42981-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 900 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 1678 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

The US 'war on terror', which Bush declared and Obama continued, repeatedly violated fundamental rule of law values. Law's Wars: The Fate of the Rule of Law in the US 'War on Terror' is the first comprehensive account of efforts to resist and correct those violations. It focuses on responses to abuses in Abu Ghraib, efforts by Guantánamo Bay detainees to improve conditions of confinement in and win release, exposés of and efforts to end torture and electronic surveillance, and civilian casualties on the battlefield, including targeted killings. Abel deploys a law and society perspective to construct and analyze detailed narratives of the roles of victims, whistle-blowers, the media, NGOs, lawyers, doctors, politicians, military personnel, foreign governments and international organizations in defending the rule of law. Only by understanding past errors can we hope to prevent their repetition in what promises to be an endless 'war on terror'.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abel, Richard L

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Defending the rule of law; 2. Abu Ghraib; 3. Guantánamo Bay; 4. Interrogation; 5. Electronic surveillance; 6. Ius in Bello; 7. The resilience of the rule of law.

Über Autor(innen)

Abel, Richard L
Richard L. Abel is Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the former President of the Law and Society Association, former Vice President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociology of Law, and a prize winner in both. He is the author of Speaking Respect, Respecting Speech (1998), Politics by Other Means: Law in the Struggle Against Apartheid, 1980–94 (1995), as well as numerous other books on lawyers and the legal profession.