State of Exception |
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| Author:
| Agamben, Giorgio |
| Translator:
| Attell, Kevin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-00924-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $163.95 |
Book Description:
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Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of terrorist activities and their subsequent trials by a military commission.
Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of terrorist activities and their subsequent trials by a military commission.