dc.contributor.author | Wuerth, Ingrid Brunk | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-29T21:02:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-29T21:02:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 98 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1567 (2004) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/5604 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article uses three sets of cases from the War of 1812 to illustrate three problems with how modern courts have approached the detention of "enemy combatants" in the United States. The War of 1812 cases show that modern courts have relied too heavily on deference-based reasoning, and have failed to adequately consider both international law and congressional authorization when upholding the detentions as constitutional. The War of 1812, termed "Mr. Madison's War" by contemporary opponents, was fought largely on our own territory against a powerful foreign enemy, making it an especially rich source for comparison to the modern war on terrorism. It is the only declared war of the new republic that offers founding-era views on military authority under the Constitution. And the cases themselves have not been overruled or rendered obsolete in the intervening years; instead they illustrate the enduring importance of congressional authorization and international law in setting the scope of the President's war powers. Considered as a whole, the War of 1812 cases thus provide strong reasons to reconsider the courts' recent enemy combatant jurisprudence. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 1 document (51 pages) | en_US |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Northwestern University Law Review | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | War and emergency powers -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Executive power -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Abuse of administrative power -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Political aspects | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Terrorists -- Government policy -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Government policy -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Combatants and noncombatants (International law) | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Prisoners of war -- Legal status, laws, etc | en_US |
dc.title | The President's Power to Detain "Enemy Combatants": Modern Lessons from Mr. Madison's Forgotten War | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.ssrn-uri | http://ssrn.com/abstract=467344 | |