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Transnational torture : law, violence, and state power in the United States and India /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lokaneeta, Jinee
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, c2011.
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245 1 0 |a Transnational torture :  |b law, violence, and state power in the United States and India /  |c Jinee Lokaneeta. 
260 |a New York :  |b New York University Press,  |c c2011. 
300 |a x, 293 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-279) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : do the ghosts of Leviathan linger on? Law, violence, and torture in liberal democracies -- Law's struggle with violence : ambivalence in the "routine" : jurisprudence of interrogations in the United States -- "Being helplessly civilized leaves us at the mercy of the beast" : post-9/11 discourses on torture in the United States -- Torture in the TV show 24 : circulation of meanings -- Jurisprudence on torture and interrogations in India -- Contemporary states of exception : extraordinary laws and interrogation in India -- Conclusion : unraveling the exception : torture in liberal democracies. 
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