Richard L. Abel

Law's Wars (eBook, ePUB)

The Fate of the Rule of Law in the US 'War on Terror'

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The US 'war on terror', which Bush declared and Obama continued, repeatedly violated fundamental rule of law values. Law's Wars: The Fate of the Rule of Law in the US 'War on Terror' is the first comprehensive account of efforts to resist and correct those violations. It focuses on responses to abuses in Abu Ghraib, efforts by Guantanamo Bay detainees to improve conditions of confinement in and win release, exposes of and efforts to end torture and electronic surveillance, and civilian casualties on the battlefield, including targeted killings. Abel deploys a law and society perspective to construct and analyze detailed narratives of the roles of victims, whistle-blowers, the media, NGOs, lawyers, doctors, politicians, military personnel, foreign governments and international organizations in defending the rule of law. Only by understanding past errors can we hope to prevent their repetition in what promises to be an endless 'war on terror'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108641548
• Artikelnr.: 54157319

Autorenporträt

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) and 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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Defending the rule of law
2. Abu Ghraib
3. Guantánamo Bay
4. Interrogation
5. Electronic surveillance
6. Ius in Bello
7. The resilience of the rule of law.