In the name of necessity : military tribunals and the loss of American civil liberties

In the name of necessity : military tribunals and the loss of American civil liberties

Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press c2005

viii, 316 p. ; 24 cm

343.0143 H344 2005

(OCoLC)58043004

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-309) and index
Contents: Introduction : the genealogical origins of necessity and military necessity -- The capture of Major André -- Cultural amnesias and legal recollections : forgetting and remembering the 1862 U.S.-Dakota war tribunals -- Abraham Lincoln and ex parte Milligan -- The military trial of Major Henry Wirz -- FDR, wartime anxieties, and the Saboteurs' case -- General MacArthur's tribunal and the trial of General Yamashita -- The legal and public debates over the necessity of Bush's military order -- The future use of military tribunals
L2005M234

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