Law's Wars Fate Rule Law US War on Terror Richard L. Ab… Hardcover 9781108429818

Law's Wars Fate Rule Law US War on Terror Richard L. Ab… Hardcover 9781108429818

Law's WarsThe Fate of the Rule of Law in the US 'War on Terror'\nAuthor(s): Richard L. Abel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108429818, 978-1108429818\nSynopsis\nThe 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 Guantnamo Bay detainees to improve conditions of confinement in and win release, exposs 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.

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