LAW 856 - Legal Issues of Terrorism

Unit(s): 3

An exploration of the tension between national security and civil liberties by studying the powers of the President and the Congress to declare and wage war – including the Bush administration’s assertion of unlimited executive power and the role of the Commander in Chief; application of the Geneva Conventions and other international laws and treaties to the War on Terror; roles of military commissions and administrative Dept of Defense hearings, the detentions of “enemy combatants;” the process of extraordinary rendition; Military Commissions Act of 2006; court decisions on Guantanamo and on enemy combatants; Bush administration memos regarding executive authority and torture; changes wrought by a new Obama administration; and the onset of “truth commissions,” prosecutions of former officials, reparations and other means of accountability.

Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law