US human rights conduct and international legitimacy : the constrained hegemony of George W. Bush / Vincent Charles Keating.
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Keating, Vincent, 1977- (author.)
- ISBN 9781137363213 (hardback)
- First edition.
- Publicerad: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Engelska 240 pages
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Sammanfattning
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Stäng
- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Norms and legitimacy in international security -- 3. Torture -- 4. Habeas corpus -- 5. Rendition -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- "Did the Bush administration fundamentally harm the international human rights system through its rejection of human rights norms? This is the central question explored within US Human Rights Conduct and International Legitimacy, which analyses the practices of legitimacy between the Bush administration, states, and international organizations in cases of torture, habeas corpus, and rendition. Vincent Keating argues that despite the material power of the United States, there is little evidence that the Bush administration gravely damaged international norms on torture and habeas corpus as few nations have followed in America's footsteps, and that the Bush administration's deviation from international norms has served to reaffirm worldwide commitment to human rights"--
Ämnesord
- Human rights -- Government policy -- United States. (LCSH)
- Torture. (LCSH)
- Habeas corpus. (LCSH)
- Extraordinary rendition. (LCSH)
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. (LCSH)
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009. (LCSH)
Personnamn
- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
Klassifikation
- JC599.U5 (LCC)
- 341.4/80973090511 (DDC)
- Oc.01 (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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