Paradigm Shifts, Executive Power, and the War on Terror

Paradigm Shifts, Executive Power, and the War on Terror

Format

Book Chapter

Book Title

Enemy Combatants, Terrorism, and Armed Conflict Law

Editor

Edited by David K. Linnan

First Page

400 pages

Description

With a renewed emphasis on national and homeland security, the United States is once again seeking to balance the needs of the state with both the rights of its citizens as well as those of other nations. This book represents an interdisciplinary approach to the legal dilemmas borne out by the war on terror-against the specific background of Afghanistan, Iraq, and this new kind of conflict. It is a strong contribution to a broader debate visible since 9/11, which will remain in the public eye for the foreseeable future. It addresses the overlap between religion, ethics, armed conflict, and law, within the context of the current conflict. While many issues in areas such as intelligence, reconciliation of civil liberties, dealing with terrorist threats, and the permissible bounds of interrogation, treatment of prisoners and laws governing armed conflict have long standing precedents under domestic and international law, this war has challenged even long standing legal interpretations. The contributors to this volume explore those precedents and contemporary challenges to them.

ISBN

9780275998141

Publication Date

2008

City

Westport, CT

Publisher

Praeger Security International

Disciplines

Law

Paradigm Shifts, Executive Power, and the War on Terror

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