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Developments Related to the Military Commissions Act and Detentions at Guantánamo Bay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 101 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 886 - 890
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2007

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2 For information on the Court of Military Commission Review, including access to the pleadings and decisions in the case, see <http://www.defenselink.mil/news/courtofmilitarycommissionreview.html>.

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13 Concurring op. at 3.

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