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Enemy combatants, terrorism, and armed conflict law : a guide to the issues / edited by David K. Linnan.

Contributor(s): Linnan, David K, 1953-.
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2008Description: vi, 400 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9780275998141 (hbk.); 0275998142 (hbk.).Subject(s): Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention | War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Law and legislation -- United States | National security -- Law and legislation -- United States | Civil rights -- United States | Detention of persons -- United States | War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Law and legislation | Combatants and noncombatants (International law) | War (International law)DDC classification: 343.7301
Contents:
Introduction: Legitimacy, Religion, Ethics, and Aarmed Conflict Law in Context / David k. Linnan. - Part I: Media, politics, and religion. - 1. The press, the presidency, and public opinion since 9/11 : shaping U.S. foreign policy and military strategy / Lowndes F. Stephens. - 2. Muslim perspectives on the invasion of Iraq : informed publics, regime leaders, and Islamic jurists / Shahrough Akhavi. - 3. Contested morality in U.S. foreign policy / Janice Love. - Part II: Constitutional and Domestic law: structural and institutional emphasis. - 4. Paradigm shifts, executive power, and the War on Terror / Norman C. Bay. - 5. Promotion of liberal Islam by the United States / John H. Mansfield. - 6. The 9/11 Commission report and public discourse project / Michael Hurley. - Part III: Constitutional and Domestic Law:individual Rights emphasis. - 7. International legal limits on the government's power to detain "enemy combatants" / Geremy C. Kamens. - 8. Military commissions : an overview / H. Wayne Elliott. - 9. War, crime, or war crime? interrogating the analogy between war and terror / Miriam J. Aukerman. - Part IV: Law of Armed Conflict: religion and armed conflict. - 10. Legitimacy and authority in Islamic discussions of "martyrdom operations"/"suicide bombings" / A. Kevin Reinhart. - 11. With a mighty hand : Judaic ethics of exercising power in extraordinary warfare / Jonathan K. Crane. - 12. Jesus and Mars : a brief introduction to the Christian just war tradition / Michael Skerke. - Part V: Law of Armed Conflict and International Law: operational Law. - 13. Redefining legitimacy : legal issues / David K. Linnan. - 14. The concept of superior responsibility under international law as applied in Indonesia / Hikmahanto Juwana. - 15. The 2006 conflict in Lebanon, or what are the armed conflict rules when legal principles collide? / George K. Walker. - 16. The legal way ahead between war and peace / Kevin H. Govern. - Part VI: Legal Responsibility, Justice, and Reconciliation. - 17. Discerning justice in the trail and execution of Saddam Hussein / John D. Carlson. - 18. Individual responsibility, tribunals, and truth and reconciliation commissions : are we asking the wrong questions? / David K. Linnan. - Appendix. - Further reading. - Index. - About the Editor and the Contributors.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-384) and index.

Introduction: Legitimacy, Religion, Ethics, and Aarmed Conflict Law in Context / David k. Linnan. - Part I: Media, politics, and religion. - 1. The press, the presidency, and public opinion since 9/11 : shaping U.S. foreign policy and military strategy / Lowndes F. Stephens. - 2. Muslim perspectives on the invasion of Iraq : informed publics, regime leaders, and Islamic jurists / Shahrough Akhavi. - 3. Contested morality in U.S. foreign policy / Janice Love. - Part II: Constitutional and Domestic law: structural and institutional emphasis. - 4. Paradigm shifts, executive power, and the War on Terror / Norman C. Bay. - 5. Promotion of liberal Islam by the United States / John H. Mansfield. - 6. The 9/11 Commission report and public discourse project / Michael Hurley. - Part III: Constitutional and Domestic Law:individual Rights emphasis. - 7. International legal limits on the government's power to detain "enemy combatants" / Geremy C. Kamens. - 8. Military commissions : an overview / H. Wayne Elliott. - 9. War, crime, or war crime? interrogating the analogy between war and terror / Miriam J. Aukerman. - Part IV: Law of Armed Conflict: religion and armed conflict. - 10. Legitimacy and authority in Islamic discussions of "martyrdom operations"/"suicide bombings" / A. Kevin Reinhart. - 11. With a mighty hand : Judaic ethics of exercising power in extraordinary warfare / Jonathan K. Crane. - 12. Jesus and Mars : a brief introduction to the Christian just war tradition / Michael Skerke. - Part V: Law of Armed Conflict and International Law: operational Law. - 13. Redefining legitimacy : legal issues / David K. Linnan. - 14. The concept of superior responsibility under international law as applied in Indonesia / Hikmahanto Juwana. - 15. The 2006 conflict in Lebanon, or what are the armed conflict rules when legal principles collide? / George K. Walker. - 16. The legal way ahead between war and peace / Kevin H. Govern. - Part VI: Legal Responsibility, Justice, and Reconciliation. - 17. Discerning justice in the trail and execution of Saddam Hussein / John D. Carlson. - 18. Individual responsibility, tribunals, and truth and reconciliation commissions : are we asking the wrong questions? / David K. Linnan. - Appendix. - Further reading. - Index. - About the Editor and the Contributors.