The terror presidency : law and judgment inside the Bush administration / Jack Goldsmith.

By:

Goldsmith, Jack L

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 256 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780393065503 (hardcover)
0393065502 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

342.73/062 22

LOC classification:

KF5060 G65 2007

Contents:

The new job -- The Commander in Chief ensnared by law -- Fear and OLC -- When lawyers make terrorism policy -- Torture and the dilemmas of Presidential lawyering -- The terror Presidency.

Summary: A key advisor to President Bush recounts his political clashes with powerful administration figures when he questioned the choices of his predecessors about the way the war on terror was being conducted, in an account in which he cites historical parallels.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-249) and index.

The new job -- The Commander in Chief ensnared by law -- Fear and OLC -- When lawyers make terrorism policy -- Torture and the dilemmas of Presidential lawyering -- The terror Presidency.

A key advisor to President Bush recounts his political clashes with powerful administration figures when he questioned the choices of his predecessors about the way the war on terror was being conducted, in an account in which he cites historical parallels.

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