LEADER 05372nam 2200913Ia 450 001 9910791464003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-8656-1 010 $a0-8147-4142-8 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814786567 035 $a(CKB)2560000000050081 035 $a(EBL)866009 035 $a(OCoLC)779828356 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000431043 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11965417 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431043 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10457066 035 $a(PQKB)11432843 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323995 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866009 035 $a(OCoLC)670450984 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4915 035 $a(DE-B1597)548286 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814786567 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866009 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10415962 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000050081 100 $a20100412d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWhen governments break the law$b[electronic resource] $ethe rule of law and the prosecution of the Bush administration /$fedited by Austin Sarat and Nasser Hussain 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-3985-7 311 $a0-8147-4139-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Vindicating the Rule of Law -- $t2. Guantánamo in the Province of The Hague? -- $t3. Universal Jurisdiction as Praxis -- $t4. The Spider?s Web -- $t5. Democracy as the Rule of Law -- $t6. Justice Jackson, the Memory of Internment, and the Rule of Law after the Bush Administration -- $tAbout the Contributors -- $tIndex 330 $aRecent 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. 606 $aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009 606 $aRule of law 606 $aAdministrative responsibility 606 $aInternational crimes 606 $aTerrorism$xPrevention$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 610 $aBreak. 610 $aUsing. 610 $aWhen. 610 $aapproach. 610 $achallenges. 610 $acriminal. 610 $adebate. 610 $agovernments. 610 $ainterdisciplinary. 610 $ajumping. 610 $alegal. 610 $apoint. 610 $aposed. 610 $atakes. 610 $athis. 610 $awrongdoing. 615 0$aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 615 0$aRule of law. 615 0$aAdministrative responsibility. 615 0$aInternational crimes. 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention$xLaw and legislation 676 $a340/.115 701 $aSarat$b Austin$0254475 701 $aHussain$b Nasser$f1965-$01484725 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791464003321 996 $aWhen governments break the law$93703517 997 $aUNINA