From Chinese Exclusion to Guantánamo Bay

Plenary Power and the Prerogative State

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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This study details historic applications of the plenary power doctrine, in which US courts allow the executive branch full power over groups of citizens without concomitant constitutional protection, showing that expansions of power aren't unique to the Bush administration but part of a troubling tradition that, according to the author, undermines American principles and may violate international human rights law.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-10-30
Mått159 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt809 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor510
FörlagUniversity Press of Colorado
ISBN9780870818516

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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1.Introduction: Inter Armas Silent Leges; 2.An Authority Unchallengeable and Complete: Plenary Power Over Immigrants, American Indians, and External U.S. Colonies; 3.Silencing the Constitution: The Japanese American Internment and Redress; 4.Military Necessity? The World War II Internment of Japanese Latin Americans; 5.History Repeats Itself: The Racing of Arab Americans as the Enemy; 6.Force Trumps Law after September 11: Disappearances, Detentions, and Deportations; 7.The War on Terror: Who'or What'Is Being Protected?; Notes; Index;