عنوان

Rule of law, misrule of men /

شابک

026226577X

شابک

0262266113

شابک

9780262265775

شابک

9780262266116

شابک اشتباه

0262014270

شابک اشتباه

9780262014274

شماره

b760050

عنوان اصلي

Rule of law, misrule of men /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Elaine Scarry.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Cambridge, Mass. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

MIT Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2010.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource (xxii, 191 pages).

عنوان فروست

Boston review book

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references.

متن يادداشت

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

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

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.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

OverDrive, Inc.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

MIT Press

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

MIT Press

شماره انبار

6F124C54-64DC-4381-B298-A03BE4C5E739

شماره انبار

8704

شماره انبار

9780262266116

عنوان

Rule of law, misrule of men.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9780262014274

موضوع مستند نشده

United States., Armed Forces-- Regulations.

موضوع مستند نشده

Armed Forces (United States)

موضوع مستند نشده

Civil rights-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Rule of law-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

War crime trials-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

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

موضوع مستند نشده

Anklage

موضوع مستند نشده

Bürgerrecht.

موضوع مستند نشده

Civil rights.

موضوع مستند نشده

HISTORY.

موضوع مستند نشده

Rechtsstaat

موضوع مستند نشده

Rule of law.

موضوع مستند نشده

War crime trials.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

USA, Patriot act.

بدون عنوان

7

بدون عنوان

7

موضوع مستند نشده

HIS-- 036070

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Scarry, Elaine.

تاريخ عمليات

20201204194938.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y