Terror Presidency Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration

Name: Terror Presidency Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration
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ISBN: 9780393335330

ISBN-10: 039333533X

ISBN-13: 9780393335330

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jack Goldsmith, Goldsmith

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A central playerâ€™s account of the clash between the rule of law and the necessity of defending America. Jack Goldsmithâ€™s duty as head of the Office of Legal Counsel was to advise President Bush on what he could and could not do . . . legally. Immediately after taking the job in October 2003, Goldsmith began to see that the work of his predecessors, whose opinions were the legal framework governing the conduct of the military and intelligence agencies in the war on terror, were deeply flawed. Goldsmith is a conservative lawyer who understands the imperative of averting another 9/11. But his unflinching insistence that we abide by the law put him on a collision course with powerful…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/13/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 0.54" wide x 0.82" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Preface



The New Job



The Commander in Chief Ensnared by Law



Fear and OLC



When Lawyers Make Terrorism Policy



Torture and the Dilemmas of Presidential Lawyering



The Terror Presidency


Afterword: Assessing the First Terror Presidency


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index