"The Inconvenience of a “Constitution [that] follows the flag … but doesn’t quite catch up with it”: From Downes v. Bidwell to Boumediene v. Bush" by Pedro A. Malavet

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The Inconvenience of a “Constitution [that] follows the flag … but doesn’t quite catch up with it”: From Downes v. Bidwell to Boumediene v. Bush

Mississippi Law Journal (2010)

Pedro A. Malavet, University of Florida Levin College of Law

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Abstract

Providing extensive historical, precedential and sociological context for the 2008 decision on the habeas corpus rights of detainees at Guantanamo Naval Station; includes a detailed study of the court’s references to the Insular Cases and then a detailed analysis of the original decisions an their historical and sociological context.

Keywords

Puerto Rico,
Boumediene v. Bush,
Insular Cases,
Territorial Possessions,
War on Terror

Disciplines

Constitutional Law and
Legal History

Publication Date

Fall 2010

Citation Information

Pedro A. Malavet. "The Inconvenience of a “Constitution [that] follows the flag … but doesn’t quite catch up with it”: From Downes v. Bidwell to Boumediene v. Bush" Mississippi Law Journal Vol. 80 Iss. 1 (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/pedro_malavet/15/