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Author Newton, Michael A.

Title Enemy of the state : the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein / Michael A. Newton & Michael P. Scharf
Published New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008

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Description x, 305 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents Liberation -- The genesis of justice -- Hammurabi was an Iraqi : the creation of the Iraqi tribunal -- Proving incredible events -- Trial and error -- Disorder in the courtroom -- Judgment day -- Appeal and execution -- Echoes of Nuremberg : the Dujail trial in historic perspective
Summary A behind-the-scenes account documents the events surrounding the executed Iraqi dictator's capture and the assemblage of the High Tribunal, describing how its team of judges and prosecutors was prepared to run a fair trial in the face of such obstacles as international upheavals and the disapprovals of the U.K. and the U.N
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ( pages 265-288) and index
Subject Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Crimes against humanity) -- Iraq -- Baghdad.
Trials (Murder) -- Iraq -- Baghdad.
Genre/Form Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Author Scharf, Michael P., 1963-
LC no. 2008021087
ISBN 9780312385569
0312385560