The Story of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Trying Enemy Combatants by Military Commission

The Story of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Trying Enemy Combatants by Military Commission

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Professor Johnsen's contribution is titled "The Story of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Trying Enemy Combatants by Military Commission."

ISBN

9781599413730

Publication Date

2009

Publisher

Foundation Press

City

New York, NY

Keywords

Executive power-United States-Cases, War and emergency powers-United States-Cases, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557

Disciplines

Law | Military, War, and Peace | President/Executive Department

Comments

Schroeder, Christopher H. and Curtis A Bradley, eds. Presidential Power Stories. Foundation Press, 2009.

Schroeder and Bradley's Presidential Power Stories tells the story of a dozen notable presidential power disputes in our nation’s history. Ranging from the Neutrality Controversy of 1793 to the Supreme Court’s decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld in 2006, the chapters present a diversity of presidential powers issues as well as a dispute's historical and legal background. Each chapter examines: A dispute’s historical and legal background Broader conceptual issues about the role of the president in our constitutional democracy.

Full bibliographic details available here.

Copies available in the Jerome Hall Law Library, KF 5053 .P735 2009

The Story of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Trying Enemy Combatants by Military Commission

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