Publication

2011 - Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

40,000 words, Guess

Page Count

160 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010039948
  • OCLC Control Number635492475
  • Better World Books9780815704911

Classifications

  • DDC343.73/01541
  • LCCKF9430 .W578 2011
  • LCCKF9430.W578 2010

Description

"Discusses the legal, political, and moral ramifications of the current U.S. approach to handling detention of terrorist suspects and reviews in particular the historical and current uses of preventive detention under American law in arguing for a formal, statutory system of rules to govern detention in the context of counterterrorism operations."--

Subjects

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