After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States and the United Kingdom detained suspected terrorists in a manner incompatible with the due process, fair trial, and equality requirements of the Rule of Law. The legality of the detentions was challenged and found wanting by the highest courts in the US and UK. The US courts approached these questions as matters within the law of war, whereas the UK courts examined them within a human rights criminal law context.
In Terror Detentions and the Rule of Law: US and UK Perspectives, Dr. Robert H. Wagstaff documents President George W. Bush's and Prime Minister Tony Blair's responses to 9/11, alleging that they failed to protect the human rights of individuals suspected of terrorist activity. The analytical focus is on the four US Supreme Court decisions involving detentions in Guantanamo Bay and four House of Lords decisions involving detentions that began in the Belmarsh Prison. These decisions are analyzed within the contexts of history, criminal law, constitutional law, human rights and international law, and various jurisprudential perspectives. In this book Dr. Wagstaff argues that time-tested criminal law is the normatively correct and most effective means for dealing with suspected terrorists. He also suggests that preventive, indefinite detention of terrorist suspects upon suspicion of wrongdoing contravenes the domestic and international Rule of Law, treaties and customary international law. As such, new legal paradigms for addressing terrorism are shown to be normatively invalid, illegal, unconstitutional, counter-productive, and in conflict with the Rule of Law.
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"The events of 9/11 have resulted in significant changes in the policies and laws of the United States and United Kingdom, raising serious issues for due process under national and international law. Terror Detentions and the Rule of Law offers a challenging account of the history and legality of new detention and interrogation policies, raising fundamental concerns about the Rule of International Law and the prospects for effective judicial review. In this new
'age of national security' when other values are said to be trumped, this important and timely book reminds us of the crucial role of our judiciary in safeguarding the principles and values that might
save us from the greatest danger: that we shall allow ourselves to become like those with whom we are coping."
--Philippe Sands QC, Professor of Law, University College London
"Dr. Wagstaff writes with clarity, engaging the reader with his depth and breadth of knowledge, calling on history, the Magna Carta, precedent-setting US Supreme Court cases from the 1800s on including a 1900 Cuban fishing vessel 'prize' case, decisions of the UK high court, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Dixie Chicks alike to support his positions. University of London professor Philippe Sands, Queen's Counsel, says of the book that it 'reminds us
of the crucial role of our judiciary in safeguarding the principles and values that might save us from the greatest danger... '" Teri White Carns, Alaska Bar Association
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Robert H. Wagstaff practices litigation and constitutional law from his law office in Anchorage, Alaska. He successfully argued two cases before the US Supreme Court, presented over 70 appeals, and tried numerous civil and criminal cases. He recently spent ten years at Oxford University earning three post-graduate law degrees including a Doctorate. He was formerly Alaska Bar Association President, Alaska Judicial Council member, and a member of the National Board of Directors of the ACLU, New York.
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AttorneyAttorney, Law Office of Robert H. Wagstaff, Anchorage, AK, USA
Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1 The Precipitating Events ; 2 A Short History of Panic Responses ; 3 Detention and The Legal Status & Rights Of Aliens ; 4 Role of the Courts & the Popular Jurisprudence of Counter-Terrorism ; 5 Rule of Law ; 6 An Applicable International Rule of Law ; 7 Guantanamo & Belmarsh ; 8 The War Paradigm Versus the Criminal Law in the US and UK ; 9 R v A: Marbury Judicial Review by Interpretation in the UK ; 10 Judicial Deference ; Conclusion ; Appendix A: 'Honor Bound to Defend Freedom' ; Bibliography ; Table of Cases ; Table of Statutes and International Instruments ; Index
