Habeas corpus after 9/11 [electronic resource] : confronting America's new global detention system / Jonathan Hafetz.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-312) and index.

Laying the foundation for the "war on terror" -- Guantánamo : microcosm of a prison beyond the law -- Guantánamo beyond Guantánamo : toward a global detention system -- Crossing a constitutional rubicon : the domestic "enemy combatant" cases -- Habeas Corpus and the right to challenge unlawful imprisonment -- The seeds of a global constitution -- A modest judicial intervention : the first supreme court "enemy combatant" decisions -- The battle for habeas corpus continues --Tackling prisions beyond the law : Guantánamo revisited -- Toward a better understanding of habeas corpus : individual rights and the role of the judiciary during wartime -- The elusive custodian : some potential limits of habeas corpus -- Terrorism as crime : toward a lawful and sustainable detention policy -- Continuity and change : the detention policies of a new administration.

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