Format:
1 online resource (329 pages)
ISBN:
9780472021789
Content:
Legal prohibitions against torture cannot prevent state violence.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Law, Language, and Difference -- 1. Torture and International Law -- 2. The European Law of Torture -- 3. Torture and State Violence in U.S. Law -- 4. Torture, Rights, and the Modern State -- 5. Torture in Modern Democracies -- 6. U.S. Torture at Home and Abroad -- 7. Torture in the War on Terror -- Conclusion: Living with Torture -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780472050772
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780472050772
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3414972
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