New kind of war - new kind of detention? : how the Bush administration introduced the unlawful enemy combatant /

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Author / Creator:Hühnert, Dorte, author.
Imprint:Wien : Lit Verlag, ©2016.
Description:iii, 294 pages ; 21 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studien zur Friedensforschung ; Band 19
Studien zur Friedensforschung (Münster in Westfalen, Germany) ; Bd. 19.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10814141
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ISBN:3643906900
9783643906908
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Pre-Considerations and State of the Art
  • 2.1. The 9/11 Attacks and the War on Terror
  • 2.2. Detainee Treatment at Guantanamo
  • 2.3. Criticism from an International Legal Perspective
  • 3. Theoretical Research Perspective
  • 3.3. The Politics and Contestability of International Law
  • 3.2. Legitimacy and the Politics of International Law
  • 3.3. Legitimacy Claims
  • 4. Empirical Study: The Unlawful Enemy Combatant
  • 4.1. Methodological Approach and Proceeding
  • 4.2. Overview of the Memoranda
  • 4.3. Analysis Part I: Tracing the Political Emergence of the Term Unlawful Enemy Combatant
  • 4.4. Analysis Part II: Analyzing Legitimacy Claims and Schemes of Justification
  • 4.5. The Unlawful Enemy Combatant in Perspective
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Annex
  • List of Officials
  • Reading Protocols