Laying the foundation for the "war on terror" -- Guantánamo : microcosm of a prison beyond the law -- Guantánamo beyond Guantánamo : toward a global detention system -- Crossing a constitutional rubicon : the domestic "enemy combatant" cases -- Habeas corpus and the right to challenge unlawful imprisonment -- The seeds of a global constitution -- A modest judicial intervention : the first Supreme Court "enemy combatant" decisions -- The battle for habeas corpus continues -- Tackling prisons beyond the law : Guantánamo revisited -- Toward a better understanding of habeas corpus : individual rights and the role of the judiciary during wartime -- The elusive custodian : some potential limits of habeas corpus -- Terrorism as crime : toward a lawful and sustainable detention policy -- Continuity and change : the detention policy of a new administration
Summary
This book is an examination of the rise of the U.S.-run global detention system that emerged after 9/11 and the efforts to challenge it through habeas corpus (a petition filed in court claiming unlawful imprisonment)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed June 11, 2020)
