When governments break the law : the rule of law and the prosecution of the Bush administration

Publication Data

• Title When governments break the law : the rule of law and the prosecution of the Bush administration
• Contributors Austin Sarat, Nasser Hussain
• Publisher New York University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

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
Guantánamo 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.

Topics

• War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
• Rule of law
• Administrative responsibility
• International crimes
• Terrorism :: Prevention :: Law and legislation :: United States
• United States :: Politics and government :: 2001-2009
• United States

When governments break the law : the rule of law and the prosecution of the Bush administration. ISBN 9780814739853. Published by New York University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.