Terrorism Documents of International and Local Control

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-538299-0
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 970 g

Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of the law.

Detainee Treatment, Interrogation and Extraordinary Rendition in the War Against Terrorists leads researchers through the legal background to the headline-grabbing issue of coercive interrogation. The centerpiece of the volume is the section on the Yoo memo, a document prepared by the Bush Administration to lay the supposedly legal foundation for torturing detainees suspected of terrorism. While many press reports have discussed and partially quoted the memorandum, this volume constitutes the first publication of both the memo's full text and expert commentary thereof. General Editor Douglas Lovelace also equips readers with the background treaties and statutes necessary to understand the issue (the U.N. Convention Against Torture, the McCain Amendment to the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, etc.), and he in turn makes those laws more comprehensible with his own thought-provoking analysis of them. Now that the question of torture's legality has become such a prominent topic in law school classrooms and in the halls of Congress, both students and policymakers will find a uniquely comprehensive and accessible resource for their queries in Volume 95 of Terrorism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lovelace Jr., Esq, Douglas C

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Zivilprozess- und Schiedsverfahrensrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- A. Foundational Documents

- Foundational Documents: Commentary

- CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: February 4, 1985

- The War Crimes Act: Current Issues: CRS Report: July 23, 2007

- DETAINEE TREATMENT ACT OF 2005: October 5, 2005

- Interrogation of Detainees: Overview of the McCain Amendment: CRS Report: January 24, 2006

- B. The Yoo Memo

- MEMORANDUM FOR WILLIAM J. HAYNES (The Yoo Memo): Commentary

- Memorandum for William J. Haynes IT, General Counsel of the Department of Defense: March 14,2003 (The Yoo Memo)

- C. Interrogation techniques

- INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: Commentary

- Lawfulness of Interrogation Techniques under the Geneva Conventions, CRS Report: September 8, 2004

- U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT): Overview and Application to Interrogation Techniques: CRS Report: January 25, 2008

- D. The FBI's Interrogation Experience

- THE FBI'S INTERROGATION EXPERIENCE: Commentary

- A Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq, Department of Justice Inspector General Report: May 2008

- E. Renditions RENDITIONS: Commentary

- Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture: CRS Report: January 25, 2008

- The U.N. Convention Against Torture: Overview of U.S. Implementation Policy Concerning the Removal of Aliens, CRS Report: April 4, 2006

Über Autor(innen)

Doug Lovelace is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College. Earlier in his military career, he worked on national security directives. He holds an MBA degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a JD from Widener School of Law.