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National Security Court System A Natural Evolution of Justice in an Age of Terror

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ISBN-10: 0195379810

ISBN-13: 9780195379815

Edition: 2009

Authors: Glenn Sulmasy

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The recent Boumediene v. Bush decision, which tossed aside the dysfunctional military court system envisioned by the Bush administration and upheld the right of habeas corpus for detainees, promises to throw national security law into chaos, and will also probably lead to the closing of Guantanamo. In this timely and much-needed book, Glenn Sulmasy, one of America's leading experts on national security law, opens with a much-needed history of America's long and complicated experience with such courts since the early days of the Republic. After tracing their evolution in the contemporary era, Sulmasy argues for a more a sensible approach to the global war on terror's unique set of prisoners.…    
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Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/6/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.42" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Introduction
Military Justice and the Original Intent of Military Commissions
Military Commissions in U.S. History
The Second World War Military Commission-Ex Parte Quirin et al.
The War on al Qaeda and the Military Order of November 13, 2001
Hamdan and the Military Commissions Act of 2006
The Legal Landscape after Boumediene
The National Security Court System
Conclusion: The Way Ahead
Notes
Index