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Rule of law, misrule of men /

026226577X

0262266113

9780262265775

9780262266116

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9780262014274

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Rule of law, misrule of men /

[Book]

Elaine Scarry.

Cambridge, Mass. :

MIT Press,

©2010.

1 online resource (xxii, 191 pages).

Boston review book

Includes bibliographical references.

Resolving to resist (September 2004) -- Rules of engagement (November 2006) -- Presidential crimes (September 2008).

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This book is a passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not. Arguing that post-9/11 legislation and foreign policy severed the executive branch from the will of the people, Elaine Scarry in Rule of Law, Misrule of Men offers a fierce defense of the people's role as guarantor of our democracy. She begins with the groundswell of local resistance to the 2001 Patriot Act, when hundreds of towns, cities and counties passed resolutions refusing compliance with the information-gathering the act demanded, showing that citizens can take action against laws that undermine the rights of citizens and noncitizens alike. Scarry, once described in the New York Times Sunday Magazine as "known for her unflinching investigations of war, torture, and pain," then turns to the conduct of the Iraqi occupation, arguing that the Bush administration led the country onto treacherous moral terrain, violating the Geneva Conventions and the armed forces' own most fundamental standards. She warns of the damage done to democracy when military personnel must choose between their own codes of warfare and the illegal orders of their civilian superiors. If our military leaders uphold the rule of law when civilian leaders do not, might we come to prefer them? Finally, reviewing what we know now about the Bush administration's crimes, Scarry insists that prosecution -- whether local, national or international -- is essential to restoring the rule of law, and she shows how a brave town in Vermont has taken up the challenge.

Throughout the book, Scarry finds hope in moments where citizens withheld their consent to grievous crimes, finding creative ways to stand by their patriotism.

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MIT Press

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9780262266116

Rule of law, misrule of men.

9780262014274

United States., Armed Forces-- Regulations.

Armed Forces (United States)

Civil rights-- United States.

Rule of law-- United States.

War crime trials-- United States.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009-- Political aspects-- United States.

Anklage

Bürgerrecht.

Civil rights.

HISTORY.

Rechtsstaat

Rule of law.

War crime trials.

United States.

USA, Patriot act.

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Scarry, Elaine.

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