• "The Jurisprudence of 9/11 and its Aftermath" (Fall 2018 Syllabus)

    Author(s):
    Rebecca Ruth Gould (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Group(s):
    Cultural Studies, Legal history, Political Philosophy & Theory, War Studies
    Subject(s):
    Legal documents--Interpretation and construction, Jurisprudence, Law--Philosophy, Culture and law, Torture
    Item Type:
    Course material or learning objects
    Tag(s):
    terrorism, international law, War Crimes, War Studies, Legal Interpretation, Legal theory, Legal philosophy, Law and culture
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6C824D7G
    Abstract:
    Module Summary: Using the aftermath of 9/11 and the US invasion of Iraq as a case study, this module asks why states engage in torture, giving particular consideration to why liberal states euphemise, conceal, and downplay this practice. We will examine the ramifications of 9/11 across multiple legal domains, domestically within the US and internationally. As part of their involvement with the War on Terror, US politicians, commentators, and jurists developed a range of new legal measures that reconceptualised international law, human rights, and civil liberties. Our inquiry into these transformations is divided into four parts. Part I considers the jurisprudence of emergency within liberal states historically, through the writings of Carl Schmitt and Giorgio Agamben. Part II links the theoretical foundations of part I with US discourses justifying the invasion of Iraq and immigrant detention, including treating the immigrant as an enemy. Part III considers the impact of these discourses on the rule of law within the United States and globally in connection with torture, the denial of habeas corpus and extraordinary rendition. Part IV concludes by considering how the war on terror has fostered the domestic suppression of Muslim dissent, violated freedom of expression rights, and underwritten the effort to ban Muslims from entering the United States.
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