After 9/11, American officials authorized torture, extraordinary rendition, indefinite detention, military commissions, targeted killing, and mass surveillance. This book analyses the role of human rights and humanitarian legal norms in shaping these practices. By strategically manipulating legal rules, policymakers and their lawyers successfully normalized abuses and secured impunity for human rights violations.
After 9/11, American officials authorized torture, extraordinary rendition, indefinite detention, military commissions, targeted killing, and mass surveillance. This book analyses the role of human rights and humanitarian legal norms in shaping these practices. By strategically manipulating legal rules, policymakers and their lawyers successfully normalized abuses and secured impunity for human rights violations.
Rebecca Sanders is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches and researches at the intersection of international law, international security, and international human rights.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: The Politics of Plausible Legality Chapter 2: Permissive Constraint: Law, Power, and Legal Culture Chapter 3: Torture Chapter 4: Deprivations of Life and Liberty: Detention, Trial, and Targeted Killing Policy Chapter 5: Surveillance Chapter 6: The Fate of Human Rights in the Global War on Terror
Chapter 1: The Politics of Plausible Legality Chapter 2: Permissive Constraint: Law, Power, and Legal Culture Chapter 3: Torture Chapter 4: Deprivations of Life and Liberty: Detention, Trial, and Targeted Killing Policy Chapter 5: Surveillance Chapter 6: The Fate of Human Rights in the Global War on Terror
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