United States: "Hamdan v. Rumsfeld": Presidential power in wartime

• Thomas M. Franck ^[1]
  1. [1] New York University

     New York University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: International journal of constitutional law, ISSN 1474-2640, Vol. 5, Nº. 2, 2007, págs. 380-388
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Restraining the executive and legislative branches—the tendency to revert to absolutism in times of crisis—can the U.S. Congress extend the wartime powers of the president beyond the scope stated in the Constitution?—recent Supreme Court decisions—Hamdan v. Rumsfeld—military commissions and the Court's rebuke to the executive branch—prospect for the future.