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A Larger War On Terror?, David Cole
A Larger War On Terror?, David Cole
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
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Torture And The Professions, David Luban
Torture And The Professions, David Luban
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This paper examines the roles played by the learned professions in torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment carried out by the United States in the war on terrorism. It takes lawyers, physicians, psychologists, and anthropologists as its case studies. It originated as the keynote speech at the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics annual meeting in 2007.
Lawfare And Legal Ethics In Guantánamo, David Luban
Lawfare And Legal Ethics In Guantánamo, David Luban
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This paper, part of a symposium on the legal profession, focuses on the lawyers – some civilian and some military – who represent detainees at Guantánamo Bay. These include civilian counsel representing Guantánamo prisoners in habeas proceedings, as well as civilian and military defense counsel for those facing trial before military commissions. Using published sources as well as interviews with some of the lawyers, the paper examines the tactics by which the U.S. government has tried to disrupt the effective representation of Guantánamo detainees. In the case of habeas lawyers, whose very presence at Guantánamo is unwelcome by the government, …