LEADER 03918oam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910791355503321 005 20190503073353.0 010 $a0-262-26577-X 010 $a1-282-63830-0 010 $a9786612638305 010 $a0-262-26611-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000014307 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000427510 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11279061 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427510 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10413428 035 $a(PQKB)10637845 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339125 035 $a(OCoLC)646069506$z(OCoLC)647923449$z(OCoLC)748599857$z(OCoLC)961487473$z(OCoLC)962561658$z(OCoLC)1037419263 035 $a(OCoLC-P)646069506 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8704 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339125 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10384055 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL263830 035 $a(OCoLC)816563051 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000014307 100 $a20100706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRule of law, misrule of men /$fElaine Scarry 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dİ2010 215 $axxii, 191 p 225 1 $aBoston review book 300 $a"A Boston Review Book." 311 $a0-262-01427-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aResolving to resist (September 2004) -- Rules of engagement (November 2006) -- Presidential crimes (September 2008). 330 $aThis book is a passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not. Arguing that post-9/11 legislation and foreign policy severed the executive branch from the will of the people, Elaine Scarry in Rule of Law, Misrule of Men offers a fierce defense of the people's role as guarantor of our democracy. She begins with the groundswell of local resistance to the 2001 Patriot Act, when hundreds of towns, cities and counties passed resolutions refusing compliance with the information-gathering the act demanded, showing that citizens can take action against laws that undermine the rights of citizens and noncitizens alike. Scarry, once described in the New York Times Sunday Magazine as "known for her unflinching investigations of war, torture, and pain," then turns to the conduct of the Iraqi occupation, arguing that the Bush administration led the country onto treacherous moral terrain, violating the Geneva Conventions and the armed forces' own most fundamental standards. She warns of the damage done to democracy when military personnel must choose between their own codes of warfare and the illegal orders of their civilian superiors. If our military leaders uphold the rule of law when civilian leaders do not, might we come to prefer them? Finally, reviewing what we know now about the Bush administration's crimes, Scarry insists that prosecution -- whether local, national or international -- is essential to restoring the rule of law, and she shows how a brave town in Vermont has taken up the challenge.

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