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From Chinese Exclusion to Guantánamo Bay

Plenary Power and the Prerogative State

Natsu Taylor Saito author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University Press of Colorado

Published:30th Oct '06

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From Chinese Exclusion to Guantánamo Bay cover

This study details historic applications of the plenary power doctrine, in which US courts allow the executive branch full power over groups of citizens without concomitant constitutional protection, showing that expansions of power aren't unique to the Bush administration but part of a troubling tradition that, according to the author, undermines American principles and may violate international human rights law.

ISBN: 9780870818516

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 809g

510 pages