Terror Detentions and the Rule of Law

by Robert H Wagstaff

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States and the United Kingdom detained suspected terrorists in a manner incompatible with the due process, fair trial, and equality requirements of the Rule of Law. The legality of the detentions was challenged and found wanting by the highest courts in the US and UK. The US courts approached these questions as matters within the law of war, whereas the UK courts examined them within a human rights criminal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199301557
• ISBN13: 9780199301553
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"