Discuss Some of the Due Process Rights Given to Prison

question 6

Essay

Discuss some of the due process rights given to prison inmates following the U.S.Supreme Court's "Iron Curtain" speech.

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Definitions:

Act of State Doctrine

A principle in international law that a nation is immune from being sued in another nation's courts for its sovereign acts.

Internal Actions

Measures or processes initiated within an organization to handle its affairs, without involving external enforcement or intervention.

Sovereign States

Politically independent countries that have complete authority over their internal and external affairs, recognized by international law.

Act-of-State Doctrine

A principle in international law that holds that a nation is sovereign within its own borders and its domestic actions cannot be questioned by the courts of another nation.