| Description |
viii, 316 p. |
| Series |
Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
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| Note |
Paperback edition published 2012. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-309) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the genealogical origins of necessity and military necessity -- The capture of Major Andre -- 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.
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Civil rights -- United States.
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Necessity (Law) -- United States.
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Military necessity.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
081731475X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780817357382 (pbk.) |
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9780817386603 (electronic bk.) |
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