{"product_id":"the-war-in-court-9780520378933","title":"The War in Court","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow hundreds of lawyers mobilized to challenge the illegal treatment of prisoners captured in the war on terror and helped force an end to the US government's most odious policies.     In The War in Court, sociologist LisaHajjartraces the fight against the US torture policy by lawyers who brought the war on terror into the courts. Their victories, though few and far between, forced the government to change the way prisoners were treated and focused attention on state crimes perpetrated in the shadows. If not for these lawyers and their allies, US torture would have gone unchallenged because elected officials and the American public, with a few exceptions, did nothing to oppose it. This war in court has been fought to defend the principle that there is no legal right to torture.    Told as a suspenseful, high-stakes story, The War in Court clearly outlines why challenges to the torture policy had to be waged on the legal terrain and why hundreds of lawyers joined the fight. Drawing on e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hajjar...revisits the subject of US torture of detainees after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Her focus is the group of lawyers who tried to use law, national and international, to stop and redress abusive US policies. . . . [S]he does an excellent job of systematically examining the political and legal dimensions of the subject, bringing everything up to date.\" * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\"A suspenseful, high-stakes story.\" * Law \u0026amp; Social Inquiry *\u003cbr\u003e\"A riveting account of the legal challenges to the George W. Bush administration’s torture policies, with a particularly insightful focus on the military commission proceedings at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. . . . Hajjar extracts some hope from what is often a dispiriting narrative.\" * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"Hajjar’s masterful account of how the United States has descended into a pro-torture nation will benefit sociologists and historians for generations to come.\" * Social Forces *\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe War in Court\u003c\/i\u003e brings the dark story of U.S. torture in the “war on terror” to light, the utter bankruptcy of the endeavor from its origin, and the heroism of those who resisted.\"\u003cbr\u003e   * Against the Current: A Socialist Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Why Torture Matters\u003cbr\u003e 1 • Taking the \"War on Terror\" to Court\u003cbr\u003e 2 • Enter the Warriors\u003cbr\u003e 3 • Mapping the Lines of Battle\u003cbr\u003e 4 • The War in Court Takes Off\u003cbr\u003e 5 • Winning Some, Losing Some\u003cbr\u003e 6 • Fighting for Justice at Home and Abroad\u003cbr\u003e 7 • Trying Guantánamo\u003cbr\u003e 8 • New Battles, Same War\u003cbr\u003e 9 • Obama's Guantánamo\u003cbr\u003e 10 • The Last Front\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Afterlives of Torture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Sources and Further Readings\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402946519383,"sku":"9780520378933","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520378933.jpg?v=1730481931","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-war-in-court-9780520378933","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}