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Great Review of Some Important Books . . .
. . . BOOKS which I think all Americans need to read and consider: Making Government Work, by Fritz Hollings Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, by Phillipe Sands The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Hardcover), by Jane Mayer. Terrorism and Democracy ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008
Military law, international law and teardrops.....
It is gratifying to read the analyses of how the overseas travel of administration attorneys or leaders could, in the future, expose them to prosecution in foreign courts for violations of national laws that give effect to the Geneva Convention, and incidentally cover related activities such as special rendition. [Note: read on after the excerpts ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by Wilson Dizard III on April 4, 2008
Greymail
Since the adminstration is setting this charade up in such a way as to tie the hands of defence counsel, I see only one option for the lawyers tasked with providing the best arguments on behalf of their clients. It will require far more guts than common sense might admit, but in the face of such draconian tactics, there appears no other ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by cousinavi on February 16, 2008