The terror presidency : law and judgment inside the Bush administration /
Jack Goldsmith.
- 1st ed.
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2007.
- 256 p. ; 25 cm.
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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War and emergency powers--United States. Rule of law--United States. Misconduct in office--United States. Executive power--United States. War on Terrorism, 2001- Human rights--United States. War on Terrorism, 2001---Law and legislation. Executive power--United States. War and emergency powers--United States.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.