The war in court

• Verfasst von: Hajjar, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The war in court
• Titelzusatz: inside the long fight against torture
• Verf.angabe: Lisa Hajjar
• Verlagsort: Oakland, California
• Verlag: University of California Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: xix, 352 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-520-37893-3
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Folter / (s)Gericht / (s)Menschenrecht
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Hajjar, Lisa, 1961-: War in court. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023] |(DLC)2022007221
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Hajjar, Lisa, 1961 - : The war in court. - Oakland : University of California Press, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 352 Seiten)
• RVK-Notation: NQ 8340
• K10plus-PPN: 1807975843

Abstract

Introduction : why torture matters -- Taking the "war on terror" to court -- Enter the warriors -- Mapping the lines of battle -- The war in court takes off -- Winning some, losing some -- Fighting for justice at home and abroad -- Trying Guantanamo -- New battles, same war -- Obama's Guantanamo -- The last front -- Conclusion : the afterlives of torture.

Abstract

"In The War in Court, sociologist Lisa Hajjar traces the fight against U.S. torture policy by lawyers who brought the "war on terror" into courts. Their victories, though few and far between, forced the government to change the way prisoners were treated and focused attention on state crimes perpetrated in the shadows. If not for these lawyers, U.S. torture would have gone unchallenged; elected officials and the American public, with a few exceptions, did nothing to oppose it. This war in court has been fought to defend the principle that there is no legal right to torture. Told as a suspenseful, high-stakes story, The War in Court clearly outlines why challenges to the torture policy had to be waged on the legal terrain and why hundreds of lawyers joined the fight. Drawing on extensive interviews with key participants, her own experiences reporting from Guantánamo, and her deep knowledge of international law and human rights, Hajjar reveals how the ongoing fight against torture has had transformative effects on the legal landscape in the United States and on a global scale"--