The War in Court
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The War in Court

Inside the Long Fight against Torture

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The War in Court

Inside the Long Fight against Torture

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How hundreds of lawyers mobilized to challenge the illegal treatment of prisoners captured in the war on terror and helped force an end to the US government's most odious policies. In The War in Court, sociologist LisaHajjartraces the fight against the US torture policy by lawyers who brought the "war on terror" into the courts. Their victories, though few and far between, forced the government to change the way prisoners were treated and focused attention on state crimes perpetrated in the shadows. If not for these lawyers and their allies, US torture would have gone unchallenged because elected officials and the American public, with a few exceptions, did nothing to oppose it. This war in court has been fought to defend the principle that there is no legal right to torture. Told as a suspenseful, high-stakes story, The War in Court clearly outlines why challenges to the torture policy had to be waged on the legal terrain and why hundreds of lawyers joined the fight. Drawing on extensive interviews with key participants, her own experiences reporting from GuantĂĄnamo, and her deep knowledge of international law and human rights, Hajjar reveals how the ongoing fight against torture has had transformative effects on the legal landscape in the United States and on a global scale.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9780520976443
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Subvention
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. List of Abbreviations
  9. Preface
  10. Introduction: Why Torture Matters
  11. 1  •  Taking the “War on Terror” to Court
  12. 2  •  Enter the Warriors
  13. 3  •  Mapping the Lines of Battle
  14. 4  •  The War in Court Takes Off
  15. 5  •  Winning Some, Losing Some
  16. 6  •  Fighting for Justice at Home and Abroad
  17. 7  •  Trying Guantánamo
  18. 8  •  New Battles, Same War
  19. 9  •  Obama’s Guantánamo
  20. 10  •  The Last Front
  21. Conclusion: The Afterlives of Torture
  22. Acknowledgments
  23. Sources and Further Readings
  24. Index