Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law [Book Foreword and Introduction]

COWBOY REPUBLIC: SIX WAYS THE BUSH GANG HAS DEFIED THE LAW, PoliPointPress, 2007

TJSL Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1022234

8 Pages Posted: 17 Oct 2007 Last revised: 22 Sep 2009

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Marjorie Cohn

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Date Written: October 17, 2007

Abstract

This book, "Cowboy Republic," describes the six most important ways the Bush Administration has weakened the rule of law. They include the war of aggression in Iraq, the torture of prisoners, summary execution and willful killing, the Guantánamo gulag, spying on Americans, and refusing to execute the law.

Marjorie Cohn, Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and President of the National Lawyers Guild, explains what we can do to remedy the administration's breaches of statutory, constitutional, and international law, including political and legal remedies.

This posting contains the Foreword and Introduction of the book.

Keywords: Guantánamo, Iraq, torture, war crimes, surveillance, signing statement, United Nations Charter, Nuremberg, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Vietnam, Ehren Watada, command responsibility

JEL Classification: K10, K14, K33, K42

Suggested Citation

Cohn, Marjorie, Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law [Book Foreword and Introduction] (October 17, 2007). COWBOY REPUBLIC: SIX WAYS THE BUSH GANG HAS DEFIED THE LAW, PoliPointPress, 2007, TJSL Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1022234, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1022234

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