Detention and Denial : The Case for Candor after Guantanamo
Benjamin. Wittes
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Washington : : Brookings Institution Press, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (177 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Current U.S. Policy; The Mythology and Reality of Preventive Detention in the United States; The Emerging Law of Detention; The Problems That Denial Cannot Solve; The Case for Candor; Conclusion; Notes; Index; Back Cover. - Benjamin Wittes issues a persuasive call for greater coherence, clarity, and public candor from the American government regarding its detention policy and practices, and greater citizen awareness of the same. In Detention and Denial, he illustrates how U.S. detention policy is a tangle of obfuscation rather than a serious set of moral and legal decisions. Far from sharpening focus and defining clear parameters for action, it sends mixed signals, muddies the legal and military waters, and produces perverse incentives. Its random operation makes a mockery of the human rights concerns that prompt
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| ISBN | 9780815704911
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