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From Chinese exclusion to Guantánamo Bay : plenary power and the prerogative state
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- Creator
- Natsu Taylor Saito
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- x, 497 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0870818511, 9780870818516
- OCLC
- ocm70402252
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-456) and indexes.
- Introduction : Inter Armas Silent Leges -- An authority unchallengeable and complete : plenary power over immigrants, American Indians, and external U.S. colonies -- Silencing the constitution : the Japanese American internment and redress -- Military necessity? : the World War II internment of Japanese Latin Americans -- History repeats itself : the racing of Arab Americans as the enemy -- Force trumps law after September 11 : disappearances, detentions, and deportations -- The war on terror : who or what is being protected?