An edition of The challenge
(2009)
The challenge
how a maverick Navy officer and a young law professor risked their careers to defend the Constitution--and won
1st Picador ed.
by Jonathan Mahler
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Chauffeurs, Trials, litigation, Law and legislation, International and municipal law, Military courts, Prevention, Combatants and noncombatants (International law), Terrorism, Jurisdiction, Legal status, laws, Rule of law, Constitutional law, united states, cases, United states, navy, biography, Lawyers, biographyPlaces
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The challenge: how a maverick Navy officer and a young law professor risked their careers to defend the Constitution--and won
2009, Picador
in English
- 1st Picador ed.
0312428855 9780312428853
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Table of Contents
The JAG
The trials
VUCA
The professor
A 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 Guanta namo?
Epilogue.
Edition Notes
"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"--Title page verso.
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-328) and index.
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