Profs. Gross and Ní Aoláin Publish Book on Exceptional Courts and Military Commissions

Professors Oren Gross and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin's book, Guantanamo and Beyond: Exceptional Courts and Military Commissions in Comparative Perspective, has just been published. The book provides a deep policy, comparative and historical, on the use of military commissions and exceptional courts in many democratic states across the world. It brings together the viewpoints of leading scholars and policy makers on the topic of exceptional courts and military commissions with a series of unique contributions setting out the current "state of the field." The book assesses the relationship between such courts and other intersecting and overlapping legal arenas including constitutional law, international law, international human rights law, and international humanitarian law. By examining the comparative patterns, similarities and disjunctions arising from the use of such courts, the book also analyzes the political and legal challenges that the creation and operation of exceptional courts produces both within democratic states and for the international community. Support from the Robina Foundation enabled Ní Aoláin and Gross to bring together the diverse and multi-disciplinary group of scholars that collectively contributed to the book.