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

Publisher's description: In the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States launched initiatives that test the limits of international human rights law. The indefinite detention and torture of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, targeted killing, and mass surveillance require an expan...

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Main Author: Alford, Ryan Patrick, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
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505 0 0 |t The minimum requirements of the rule of law --  |t The historical development of the rule of law in the United States --  |t Overbroad authority given to and appropriated by the executive after the 9/11 attacks --  |t The response of the judiciary to executive overreaching, 2003-12 --  |t Judicial selection and executive branch dominance --  |t Congress's failure to exercise oversight. 
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