The Terror Courts: Rough Justice At Guantanamo Bay by Jess Bravin

About the book: The first inside account of America's continuing legal experiment at Guantanamo Bay - a permanent, offshore justice system designed to assure convictions by denying constitutional rights Soon after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the United States captured hundreds of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan and around the world. By the following January the first of these prisoners arrived at the U. S. militarys prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they were subject to President George W. Bush's executive order authorizing their trial by military commissions. Jess Bravin, the Wall Street Journal's Supreme Court correspondent, was there within days of the prisons opening, and has continued ever since to cover the U. S. effort to create a parallel justice system for enemy aliens. A maze of legal, political, and moral issues has stood in the way of justiceissues often raised by military prosecutors who found themselves torn between duty to the chain of command and their commitment to fundamental American values. This 2013 Yale University Press Hardback is in good condition. DJ. DJ has small tear top cover otherwise very good condition.

ISBN: 9780300189209 SKU: 1569806 This image is of the actual book.

Location: Politics