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Understanding Torture : Law, Violence, and Political Identity.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (329 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472021789
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding TortureDDC classification:
  • 341.6/7
LOC classification:
  • K5304
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Legal prohibitions against torture cannot prevent state violence.
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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.

Legal prohibitions against torture cannot prevent state violence.

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