1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791464003321

Titolo

When governments break the law [[electronic resource] ] : the rule of law and the prosecution of the Bush administration / / edited by Austin Sarat and Nasser Hussain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8147-8656-1

0-8147-4142-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SaratAustin

HussainNasser <1965->

Disciplina

340/.115

Soggetti

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Rule of law

Administrative responsibility

International crimes

Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Vindicating the Rule of Law -- 2. Guantánamo in the Province of The Hague? -- 3. Universal Jurisdiction as Praxis -- 4. The Spider’s Web -- 5. Democracy as the Rule of Law -- 6. Justice Jackson, the Memory of Internment, and the Rule of Law after the Bush Administration -- About the Contributors -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recent controversies surrounding the war on terror and American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought rule of law rhetoric to a fevered pitch. While President Obama has repeatedly emphasized his Administration’s commitment to transparency and the rule of law, nowhere has this resolve been so quickly and severely tested than with the issue of the possible prosecution of Bush Administration officials. While some worry that without legal consequences there will be no effective deterrence for the repetition of future transgressions of justice committed at the highest levels of government, others echo Obama’s



seemingly reluctant stance on launching an investigation into allegations of criminal wrongdoing by former President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld, and members of the Office of Legal Counsel. Indeed, even some of the Bush Administration’s harshest critics suggest that we should avoid such confrontations, that the price of political division is too high. Measured or partisan, scholarly or journalistic, clearly the debate about accountability for the alleged crimes of the Bush Administration will continue for some time.Using this debate as its jumping off point, When Governments Break the Law takes an interdisciplinary approach to the legal challenges posed by the criminal wrongdoing of governments. But this book is not an indictment of the Bush Administration; rather, the contributors take distinct positions for and against the proposition, offering revealing reasons and illuminating alternatives. The contributors do not ask the substantive question of whether any Bush Administration officials, in fact, violated the law, but rather the procedural, legal, political, and cultural questions of what it would mean either to pursue criminal prosecutions or to refuse to do so. By presuming that officials could be prosecuted, these essays address whether they should.When Governments Break the Law provides a valuable and timely commentary on what is likely to be an ongoing process of understanding the relationship between politics and the rule of law in times of crisis.Contributors: Claire Finkelstein, Lisa Hajjar, Daniel Herwitz, Stephen Holmes, Paul Horwitz, Nasser Hussain, Austin Sarat, and Stephen I. Vladeck.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795520303321

Titolo

The political materialities of borders : new theoretical directions / / edited by Olga Demetriou and Rozita Dimova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-5261-2591-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 134 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital file(s)

Collana

Rethinking borders

Disciplina

320.12

Soggetti

Boundaries - Political aspects

Sociology

Anthropology

SOCIAL SCIENCE / General

Livres numeriques.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The political materialities of borders aims to bring questions of materiality to bear specifically on the study of borders. In doing this, the contributors have chosen an approach that does not presume the material aspect of borders but rather explores the ways in which any such materiality comes into being. Through ethnographic and philosophical explorations of the ontology of borders from the perspective of materiality, this volume seeks to throw light on the interaction between the materiality of state borders and the non-material aspects of state-making. This enables, it is shown, a new understanding of borders as productive of the politics of materiality, on which both the state project rests, including in its multifarious forms in thepost-nation-state era. -- .



3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00385536

Autore

ANAR, Ihsan Oktay

Titolo

Amat / Ihsan Oktay Anar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Istanbul, : İletişim, 2005

ISBN

97-505-0372-4

Descrizione fisica

235 p. ; 20 cm

Classificazione

TUR VI BA

Soggetti

Letteratura turca - Narrativa - Sec. 20-21

Lingua di pubblicazione

Turkish

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia