MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008003063
003 DLC
005 20100109085422.0
008 080123s2008 nyu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2008003063
020 $a9780374223205 (hbk.)
020 $a0374223203 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn191258624
035 $a(OCoLC)191258624$z(OCoLC)180752041
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050 00 $aKF225.H36$bM34 2008
082 00 $a343.73/0143$222
100 1 $aMahler, Jonathan,$d1969-
245 14 $aThe challenge :$bHamdan v. Rumsfeld, and the fight over presidential power /$cJonathan Mahler.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2008.
300 $a334 p. ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"Portions of this work originally appeared, in somewhat different form, in the June 13, 2004, January 8, 2006, and July 9, 2006, issues of The New York Times Magazine"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [311]-314) and index.
505 0 $aThe JAG -- The trials -- VUCA -- The professor -- The civil power -- A drowning man -- The lawsuit -- Tugging the lion's tail -- "Oh, I doubt that seriously, sir" -- "Judge assigned-we won the lottery" -- An indefinite recess -- "We're going to crush you" -- Who we are -- The Supreme Court responds -- Getting to five -- Where's the food? -- The countdown -- The argument -- The heroes of Guantanamo?
520 $aIn November 2001, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a 31-year-old Yemeni, was captured and turned over to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. After confessing to being Osama bin Laden's driver, Hamdan was transferred to Guantánamo Bay, and was soon designated by President Bush for trial before a special military tribunal. The Pentagon assigned a military defense lawyer to represent him, a 35-year-old graduate of the Naval Academy, Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift. No one expected Swift to mount much of a defense. The rules of the tribunals, America's first in over fifty years, were stacked against him--assuming he wasn't expected to throw the game altogether. Instead, with the help of a young constitutional law professor at Georgetown, Neal Katyal, Swift sued the Bush Administration over the legality of the tribunals. In 2006, Katyal argued the case before the Supreme Court and won. This is the inside story of what may be the most important decision on presidential power and the rule of law in the history of the Supreme Court.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aHamdan, Salim Ahmed,$d1970-$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aRumsfeld, Donald,$d1932-$xTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 $aMilitary courts$zUnited States.
650 0 $aJurisdiction$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTerrorism$xPrevention$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States.
650 0 $aInternational and municipal law$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCombatants and noncombatants (International law)
650 0 $aChauffeurs$xLegal status, laws, etc.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008003063.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2008003063-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2008003063-d.html