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The Case Against National Security Courts, Stephen I. Vladeck
The Case Against National Security Courts, Stephen I. Vladeck
Stephen I. Vladeck
Since September 11, calls for a hybrid national security court to handle special terrorism cases have taken on a new-found prominence, as courts and policymakers alike have struggled with the complex series of legal and logistical problems posed by the U.S. government's detention of enemy combatants, especially the hundreds of non-citizens so detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. National security courts are, for many, an increasingly attractive compromise solution to the seemingly irreconcilable division between those who believe that terrorism suspects are not entitled to the traditional criminal process and those who believe not only that they are, but that any …
The Detention Of Suspected Terrorists In Northern Ireland And Great Britain, Brice Dickson
The Detention Of Suspected Terrorists In Northern Ireland And Great Britain, Brice Dickson
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Terrorist Detention: Directions For Reform, Benjamin J. Priester
Terrorist Detention: Directions For Reform, Benjamin J. Priester
University of Richmond Law Review
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A New System Of Preventative Detention - Let's Take A Deep Breath, Jennifer Daskal
A New System Of Preventative Detention - Let's Take A Deep Breath, Jennifer Daskal
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Some have argued that the detention center at Guantanamo Bay cannot be closed until the U.S. passes new preventive detention laws that would allow it to detain those who cannot be tried but are considered too dangerous to release. This article rejects these claims, concluding that the existing criminal justice system can adequately deal with those who the U.S. should be seeking to detain. The article also warns of the costs of trying to set up an entirely new system of detention without charge. The article cautions that such a system will negate many of the reputational gains associated with …