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Acts of terror on a global scale are straining to the breaking point the due process guarantees of the legal systems of modern democracies. In unequalled breadth and depth, this book analyzes the rights of persons suspected of a crime, in normal times and emergencies, from the pre-trial phase to the trial and the post-trial period under all the universal and regional human rights treaty regimes, pertinent customary international law, general principles of law, international humanitarian law as well as the hybrid procedures developed by international criminal tribunals.
The book then presents a detailed analysis of United States’ due process guarantees, in peacetime and in war, and the executive, legislative and judicial responses to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Professor Pati appraises the American actions in terms of international law’s due process guarantees and proposes courses of action which can better defend a public order of human dignity.
The book then presents a detailed analysis of United States’ due process guarantees, in peacetime and in war, and the executive, legislative and judicial responses to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Professor Pati appraises the American actions in terms of international law’s due process guarantees and proposes courses of action which can better defend a public order of human dignity.
Price: $291.00
Pages: 520
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff
Series: Studies in Intercultural Human Rights
Publication Date:
23 November 2009
ISBN: 9789004172388
Format: Hardcover
"Thanks to Pati's rigorous research and balanced and wise appraisal, her book will be indispensable for scholars and decision makers. " Professor Michael Reisman, Yale Law School & former President, Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
"This book should be read by everyone who is interested to know more about the narrow borderline separating legally acceptable from unacceptable measures in the fight against international terrorism." Professor Eckart Klein, University of Potsdam Faculty of Law & former Member, United Nations Human Rights Committee
"This book should be read by everyone who is interested to know more about the narrow borderline separating legally acceptable from unacceptable measures in the fight against international terrorism." Professor Eckart Klein, University of Potsdam Faculty of Law & former Member, United Nations Human Rights Committee
Professor Roza Pati, Dr. iur. summa cum laude (2008), University of Potsdam, Germany, and LL.M. summa cum laude (2002), St. Thomas University, is Executive Director of the Graduate Program in Intercultural Human Rights and Assistant Professor of Law at St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida.