Storming the court : how a band of law students fought the President--and won / Brandt Goldstein.

By:

Goldstein, Brandt, 1965-

Language: eng Publication details: New York : Scribner, 2006.Description: 375 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9781416535157

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

KF 228 G624s 2005

Contents:

The Coup -- Filing a New Lawsuit -- Picking a Judge --Fighting the Stay -- The Floating Wall -- Going to Guantanamo -- Waiting for the President--The Hunger Strike -- The Supreme Court --The Trial -- Victory and Loss.

Summary: Describes how, in 1992, a group of Yale law students came to the aid of three hundred Haitian men, women, and children who had won asylum in the U.S. but who, having tested positive for HIV, were forced into a Guantanamo compound and battled the Bush administration, the Justice Department, the American military, and the Supreme Court to achieve their release. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	KF 228 G624s 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000173511

Reprint. Originally published: ♭2005

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-352) and index.

Describes how, in 1992, a group of Yale law students came to the aid of three hundred Haitian men, women, and children who had won asylum in the U.S. but who, having tested positive for HIV, were forced into a Guantanamo compound and battled the Bush administration, the Justice Department, the American military, and the Supreme Court to achieve their release. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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