In the shadow of Korematsu : democratic liberties and national security / Eric K. Yamamoto.

"The national security and civil liberties tensions of the World War II mass incarceration link 9/11 and the 2015 Paris-San Bernardino attacks to the Trump era in America - an era darkened by accelerating discrimination against and intimidation of those asserting rights of freedom of religion, assoc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yamamoto, Eric K., 1952- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Korematsu, Fred, > 1919-2005 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Korematsu, Fred, > 1919-2005.
Japanese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Japanese Americans > Civil rights.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Civil rights > United States.
National security > United States.
Civil rights.
Japanese Americans.
National security.
Trials.
United States.
1942-1945
Genre:
Trials, litigation, etc.
Physical Description:xiii, 248 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part 1. The Challenge
  • Prologue
  • Overview : judging national security and civil liberties controversies
  • Part 2. The contested cases
  • The 1944 Korematsu Supreme Court decision
  • The 1980s coram nobis cases
  • Korematsu's chameleonic deployment
  • Part 3. The next steps
  • Jurisprudential foundations
  • A workable method
  • Realpolitik influences
  • Part 4. Looking back, moving ahead
  • In the shadow of Korematsu
  • In the light of justice : concluding thoughts.