LEADER 03224cam 22005054a 4500001 ocn256932068 003 OCoLC 005 20141212045804.0 008 090420s2009 mdu b 001 0 eng c 010 2009927163 019 256529552 020 9780761843443 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 0761843442 (pbk. : alk. paper) 029 1 AU@ |b000044874505 029 1 NLGGC |b32253268X 035 (Sirsi) o256932068 035 (OCoLC)256932068 040 YDXCP |cYDXCP |dDLC |dCDX |dEGM |dBWX |dWNC |dILI |dERE |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 049 EREE 050 00 KF9430 |b.C48 2009 082 04 341 |222 100 1 Christol, Carl Q. |q(Carl Quimby), |d1913-2012 |=^A79016 245 14 The American challenge : |bterrorists, detainees, treaties, and torture-responses to the rule of law, 2001-2008 / |cCarl Q. Christol. 260 Lanham, Md. : |bUniversity Press Of America, |c©2009. 300 xi, 267 pages ; |c23 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Problems and challenges -- The Convention Against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CAT), December 10, 1984 -- Statutes dealing with or related to torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment -- American responses to the Third Geneva Convention Relating to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, August 12, 1949 and to the CAT -- The Department of Justice memoranda relating to POWs, detainees, and to torture, 2002-2004 -- Department of Defense and Army investigations of violations of the laws of war in Iraq, 2003-2005, and corrective actions -- Civilian employees of the United States go to war -- The role of Congress : laws and procedures for the trial of unlawful detainees -- The courts become engaged in and are confronted by serious and somewhat novel problems in the context of the separation of powers principle : leading cases -- The decisions of military commissions, June 4, 2007, and subsequent proceedings -- Department of Defense procedures for investigation and release of detainees -- The new army field manual 2-22.3 September 6, 2006 -- The presidential directive of July 20, 2007 on CIA detentions and interrogations : new revelations and the continuing conflict between the White House and Congress -- America and the rule of law -- Conclusion. 650 0 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. |=^A494484 650 0 Terrorism investigation |zUnited States. |=^A1019696 650 0 Rule of law |zUnited States. |=^A127854 650 0 Prisoners of war |xGovernment policy |zUnited States. |=^A102023 650 0 Human rights |xGovernment policy |zUnited States. |=^A347150 651 0 United States |xForeign relations |y2001-2009. |=^A490894 949 KF9430 |b.C48 2009 |hJOYNER48 |ojmpl |i30372015312058 994 C0 |bERE 938 YBP Library Services |bYANK |n2878427 596 1 998 2188702 998 2188702