When governments break the law : the rule of law and the prosecution of the Bush administration / edited by Austin Sarat and Nasser Hussain. - New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, c2010. - ix, 230 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Responding to government lawlessness : what does the rule of law require? / Nasser Hussain and Austin Sarat -- Vindicating the rule of law : prosecuting freeriders on human rights / Claire Finkelstein -- Guantâanamo in the Province of the Hague? / Daniel Herwitz -- Universal jurisdiction as praxis : an option to pursue legal accountability for superpower torturers / Lisa Hajjar -- The spider's web : how government lawbreakers routinely elude the law / Stephen Holmes -- Democracy as the rule of law / Paul Horwitz -- Justice Jackson, the memory of internment, and the rule of law after the Bush administration / Stephen I. Vladeck.

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Intervention (International law)
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Rule of law.
Administrative responsibility.
International crimes.
Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--United States.
Guerra contra el terrorismo, 2001-2009.
Intervención (Derecho internacional)
Responsabilidad administrativa.
Estado de derecho.


United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--2001-2009.

KZ 6795 / W567 2010

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