Law and the Long War The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror
by Wittes, BenjaminFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-06-19
Publisher(s): Penguin Press HC, The
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Summary
Wittes offers the first nonpartisan critique of a crucial front in America's war on terror--the legal battles fought by and among the Bush administration, the U.S. Congress, and the Supreme Court.
Author Biography
Benjamin Wittes is a Fellow and Research Director in Public Law at the Brookings Institution. A former editorial writer for The Washington Post specializing in legal affairs, he currently writes a column for The New Republic Online and is a contributing editor for The Atlantic Monthly. He is a member of the Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security and Law.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Law of September 10 | p. 19 |
| The Administration's Response | p. 44 |
| The Real Guantanamo | p. 72 |
| The Necessity and Impossibility of Judicial Review | p. 103 |
| The Case for Congress | p. 131 |
| The Twin Problems of Detention and Trial | p. 151 |
| An Honest Interrogation Law | p. 183 |
| Surveillance Law for a New Century | p. 219 |
| Conclusion | p. 256 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 261 |
| Notes | p. 265 |
| Index | p. 297 |
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