Description: The Guantnamo Lawyers by Jonathan Hafetz, Mark P. Denbeaux Contains over 100 personal narratives from attorneys who have represented detainees held at Gitmo as well as at other black sites such as Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The stories of Guantánamo detainees, silenced and imprisoned without trial, as told by their lawyersFollowing the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the United States imprisoned more than seven hundred and fifty men at its naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. These men, ranging from teenage boys to men in their eighties from over forty different countries, were detained for years without charges, trial, and a fair hearing. Without any legal status or protection, they were truly outside the law: imprisoned in secret, denied communication with their families, and subjected to extreme isolation, physical and mental abuse, and, in some instances, torture.These are the detainees stories, told by their lawyers because the prisoners themselves were silenced. It took habeas counsel more than two years—and a ruling from the United States Supreme Court—to finally gain the right to visit and talk to their clients at Guantánamo. Even then, lawyers were forced to operate under severe restrictions designed to inhibit communication and envelop the prison in secrecy. In time, however, lawyers were able to meet with their clients and bring the truth about Guantánamo to the world.The Guantánamo Lawyers contains over one hundred personal narratives from attorneys who have represented detainees held at "GTMO" as well as at other overseas prisons, from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to secret CIA jails or "black sites." Mark Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz—themselves lawyers for detainees—collected stories that cover virtually every facet of Guantánamo, and the litigation it sparked. Together, these moving, powerful voices create a historical record of Guantánamos legal, human, and moral failings, and provide a window into Americas catastrophic effort to create a prison beyond the law.An online archive, hosted by New York University Libraries, will be available at the time of publication and will contain the complete texts as well as other accounts contributed by Guantánamo lawyers. The documents will be freely available on the Internet for research, teaching, and non-commercial uses, and will be preserved indefinitely as a historical collection.Read free excerpts from the book at and explore the complete archive of narratives at Notes Contains over 100 personal narratives from attorneys who have represented detainees held at "Gitmo" as well as at other "black sites" such as Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan Author Biography Jonathan Hafetz is Associate Professor at Seton Hall Law School and has litigated numerous landmark habeas corpus detention cases. He also is the co-editor (with Mark Denbeaux) of The Guantánamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law (NYU Press, 2009). Mark Denbeaux is a professor at Seton Hall Law School, where he also directs the Center for Policy and Research. Table of Contents Introduction Mark P. Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz Prelude 1 Representing the "Worst of the Worst" How and Why the Lawyers Started Representing Detainees 2 Getting behind the Wire Rasul/Al Odah: The Right to Representation 3 Uncovering Guantanamos Human Face First Impressions Rendered: How the Detainees Got to Guantanamo Female Attorneys Family Members Interpreters 4 Red Tape and Kangaroo Courts Barriers to Representation The No-Hearing Hearings: Combatant Status Review Tribunals Military Commissions Political Maneuvering Boumediene v. Bush: The Death Knell for Prisons beyond the Law 5 Tortured A Product of Torture Culture Reactions Hunger Strikes Suicides 6 Alternative Forms of Advocacy 7 Leaving Guantanamo Stuck in Limbo Out but Not Free Happy Endings? 8 Guantanamo beyond Cuba: A Global Detention System outside the Law Guantanamo Comes to America Black Sites Coda Timeline: Guantanamo and the "War on Terror" Contributors Review "The Guantanamo Lawyers is an informative and telling chronicle of what Guantanamo is really like, the physical appearance of the place, how the inmates behaved, the Kafkaesque legalistic gymnastics used by the government to try to keep the detainees locked up without recourse to the civilian courts, the use of confessions extracted -- according to the book, by force -- from detainees not old enough to have drivers licenses... Most of all, the book presents a sharp challenge to the view of those who supported the detentions at Guantanamo out of the belief that the men detained there really were, as former Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld famously put it, "the worst of the worst" - Richard Bernstein, New York Times, October 2010 "A critically important and inspired project... Guantanamo from the point of view of the habeas lawyers - those courageous men and women who have stood up for the rule of law, the constitution and human rights as they represented the detainees beginning in December." Peter Jan Honigsburg, author of Our Nation, Unhinged: The Human Consequences of the War on Terror "The narratives are excellent and very powerful, and provide an insightful view into what it is like to be a prisoner at Guantanamo and the challenges and emotional experiences in representing those prisoners." Jules Lobel, co-author of Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is Losing the War on Terror "The desperate words, quoted here, of Gitmo detainees on torture grab the heart and do not let go. This compelling book on the American penal colony and its residents is a cautionary tale of overzealous executive wartime power and the awful mess it sometimes leaves behind."Publishers Weekly, 31st August 2009 "A valuable contribution to the record of an unfinished story bound to reverberate for years to come." Kirkus Reviews, issue 9/15 "The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law, a collective account by the lawyers who have volunteered to represent the islands prisoners, provides an invaluable perspective--or more accurately, perspectives, since more than one hundred lawyers contributed to the volume. These men and women, all working for nothing, have gained intimate access to those whom the United States sought to keep hidden behind strictly closed doors. The significance of what they have learned is reflected in how the United States treats them...The stories these lawyers have been able to tell, adroitly edited by Mark Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz, offer a multifaceted portrait of life on the base." - New York Review of Books Promotional Contains over 100 personal narratives from attorneys who have represented detainees held at "Gitmo" as well as at other "black sites" such as Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan Long Description Read free excerpts from the book at and explore the complete archive of narratives at Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the United States imprisoned more than seven hundred and fifty men at its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. These men, ranging from teenage boys to men in their eighties from over forty different countries, were detained for years without charges, trial, and a fair hearing. Without any legal status or protection, they were truly outside the law: imprisoned in secret, denied communication with their families, and subjected to extreme isolation, physical and mental abuse, and, in some instances, torture. These are the detainees stories, told by their lawyers because the prisoners themselves were silenced. It took habeas counsel more than two years-and a ruling from the United States Supreme Court-to finally gain the right to visit and talk to their clients at Guantanamo. Even then, lawyers were forced to operate under severe restrictions designed to inhibit communication and envelop the prison in secrecy. In time, however, lawyers were able to meet with their clients and bring the truth about Guantanamo to the world. The Guantanamo Lawyers contains over one hundred personal narratives from attorneys who have represented detainees held at "GTMO" as well as at other overseas prisons, from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to secret CIA jails or "black sites." Mark Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz-themselves lawyers for detainees-collected stories that cover virtually every facet of Guantanamo, and the litigation it sparked. Together, these moving, powerful voices create a historical record of Guantanamos legal, human, and moral failings, and provide a window into Americas catastrophic effort to create a prison beyond the law. An online archive, hosted by New York University Libraries, will be available at the time of publication and will contain the complete texts as well as other accounts contributed by Guantanamo lawyers. The documents will be freely available on the Internet for research, teaching, and non-commercial uses, and will be preserved indefinitely as a historical collection. Review Quote "This volume is as chilling an indictment of the executives disdain for the rule of law as could be imagined.... The details of what passes for law in Guantanamo will shock readers familiar with any concept of due process.... The skill, courage and resourcefulness of the unofficial Guantanamo Bay Bar Association give us genuine cause for pride in lawyers." -New York Law Journal Description for Sales People First-ever serious look at the position of the goalkeeper. Details ISBN0814737366 Author Mark P. Denbeaux Short Title GUANTANAMO LAWYERS Publisher New York University Press Language English ISBN-10 0814737366 ISBN-13 9780814737361 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2009 Imprint New York University Press Subtitle Inside a Prison Outside the Law Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Mark P. Denbeaux Illustrations black & white illustrations UK Release Date 2009-11-09 NZ Release Date 2009-11-09 US Release Date 2009-11-09 Pages 464 Publication Date 2009-11-09 Alternative 9780814785058 DEWEY 343.730143 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2009-11-08 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9780814737361
Book Title: The Guantnamo Lawyers
Number of Pages: 464 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Guantanamo Lawyers: inside a Prison Outside the Law
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Law
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 703 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Jonathan Hafetz
Subject Area: Civil Service
Item Width: 152 mm
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