| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 316 pages) |
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Rhetoric, culture, and social critique |
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Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Introduction : the genealogical origins of necessity and military necessity -- The capture of Major André -- Cultural amnesias and legal recollections : forgetting and remembering the 1862 U.S.-Dakota war tribunals -- Abraham Lincoln and ex parte Milligan -- The military trial of Major Henry Wirz -- FDR, wartime anxieties, and the Saboteurs' case -- General MacArthur's tribunal and the trial of General Yamashita -- The legal and public debates over the necessity of Bush's military order -- The future use of military tribunals |
| Summary |
Analyses the ways American leaders have justified the use of military tribunals, the suspension of due process, and the elimination of habeas corpus. Though the war on terrorism is said to have generated unprecedented military situations, arguments for the Patriot Act and military tribunals following 9/11 resemble many historical claims for restricting civil liberties, more often than not in the name of necessity. Marouf Hasian Jr. examines the major legal cases that show how various generations have represented the need for military tribunals, and how officials historicall |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.
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Civil rights -- United States.
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Necessity (Law) -- United States
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Military necessity.
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LAW -- Military.
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Civil rights
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Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
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Military necessity
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Necessity (Law)
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Menschenrecht
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Militärgericht
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005005307 |
| ISBN |
9780817386603 |
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0817386602 |
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9780817357382 |
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0817357386 |
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