Constitutional Torts and the War on Terror

by James E. Pfander

Constitutional Torts and the War on Terror examines the judicial response to human rights claims arising from the Bush Administration's war on terror. Despite widespread agreement that the Administration's program of extraordinary rendition, prolonged detention, and "enhanced" interrogation was torture by another name, not a single federal appellate court has confirmed an award of damages to the program's victims. The silence of the federal courts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190495286
• ISBN13: 9780190495282
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"