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The War in Court
- Inside the Long Fight against Torture
Engelsk Hardback
The War in Court
- Inside the Long Fight against Torture
Engelsk Hardback

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How hundreds of lawyers mobilized to challenge the illegal treatment of prisoners captured in the war on terror and helped force an end to the US government's most odious policies.   In The War in Court, sociologist Lisa Hajjar traces the fight against the US torture policy by lawyers who brought the "war on terror" into the courts. Their victories, though few and far between, forced the government to change the way prisoners were treated and focused attention on state crimes perpetrated in the shadows. If not for these lawyers and their allies, US torture would have gone unchallenged because elected officials and the American public, with a few exceptions, did nothing to oppose it. This war in court has been fought to defend the principle that there is no legal right to torture. Told as a suspenseful, high-stakes story, The War in Court clearly outlines why challenges to the torture policy had to be waged on the legal terrain and why hundreds of lawyers joined the fight. Drawing on extensive interviews with key participants, her own experiences reporting from Guantánamo, and her deep knowledge of international law and human rights, Hajjar reveals how the ongoing fight against torture has had transformative effects on the legal landscape in the United States and on a global scale.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
376
ISBN-13:
9780520378933
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0520378938
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
18 okt 2022
Længde:
32mm
Bredde:
236mm
Højde:
161mm
Forlag:
University of California Press
Oplagsdato:
18 okt 2022
Forfatter(e):
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