This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of extradition to and from the United States, makes critical, theoretical and practical evaluations of these aspects, and proposes alternatives. The conceptual framework of this book is based on balancing of states' interests, the rights of individuals, and preservation of world order within the Rule of Law. The guide provides excerpts and discussions of important laws and decisions, and a handy appendix carries an array of pertinent conventions, protocols, bilateral and multilateral treaties, and excerpts from U.S. Attorney's Manual and the Multilateral Convention of Extradition.