Abstract
This article explores the influence of international law in the evolution of the Bush Administration's policies toward detainees in the global war on terror. The detainee case study provides a modern lens for evaluating Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner's hypothesis set forth in THE LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW that international law exerts no “compliance pull” on American policymakers in times of crisis.
Keywords
International Law, War Crimes, "The Limits of International Law"
Publication Date
2009
Document Type
Article
Place of Original Publication
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
Publication Information
42 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 321 (2009)
Repository Citation
Scharf, Michael P., "International Law and the Torture Memos" (2009). Faculty Publications. 16.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/16
