Richard L. Abel (Los Angeles University of California)

Gebundenes Buch

Law's Trials

The Performance of Legal Institutions in the Us 'War on Terror'

Beschreibung

All Americans should be deeply troubled by violations of fundamental freedoms in the US 'war on terror'. This is the only comprehensive account of efforts during the Bush and Obama administrations to defend the rule-of-law in criminal prosecutions, courts martial, military commissions, habeas corpus petitions, civil damage actions and civil liberties cases.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 858
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 163mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1512g
• ISBN-13: 9781108429757
• ISBN-10: 1108429750
• Artikelnr.: 52413853