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Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration
W. W. Norton
September 2007
On Sale: September 10, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 0393065502
EAN: 9780393065503
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
A central player's account of the clash between the rule of
law and the necessity of defending America. Jack Goldsmith's duty as head of the Office of Legal Counsel
was to advise President Bush what he could and could not
do...legally. Goldsmith took the job in October 2003 and
began to review the work of his predecessors. Their opinions
were the legal framework governing the conduct of the
military and intelligence agencies in the war on terror, and
he found many—especially those regulating the treatment and
interrogation of prisoners—that were deeply flawed. Goldsmith is a conservative lawyer who understands the
imperative of averting another 9/11. But his unflinching
insistence that we abide by the law put him on a collision
course with powerful figures in the administration.
Goldsmith's fascinating analysis of parallel legal crises in
the Lincoln and Roosevelt administrations shows why Bush's
apparent indifference to human rights has damaged his
presidency and, perhaps, his standing in history. 8 pages of
photographs.
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