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When governments break the law : the rule of law and the prosecution of the Bush administration / edited by Austin Sarat and Nasser Hussain.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, c2010.Description: ix, 230 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780814741399 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0814741398 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780814739853 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0814739857 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780814741429 (e-book)
  • 0814741428 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340/.115
LOC classification:
  • KZ 6795 W567 2010
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) KZ 6795 W567 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000101658

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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