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Permanent state of emergency : unchecked executive power and the demise of the rule of law / Ryan Alford.

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"After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the US launched several initiatives that are either at the outermost limit of what international human rights law allows or over that limit. These involved systematic violations of non-derogable rights like the right not to be killed without due process...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Alford, Ryan Patrick, 1975- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
War and emergency powers > United States.
Executive power > United States.
Rule of law > United States.
Executive power.
Rule of law.
War and emergency powers.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The minimum requirements of the rule of law
  • The historical development of the rule of law in the United States
  • Overbroad authority given to and appropriated by the executive after the 9/11 attacks
  • The response of the judiciary to executive overreaching, 2003-12
  • Judicial selection and executive branch dominance
  • Congress's failure to exercise oversight.

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