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

Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Lokaneeta, Jinee
Формат: Printed Book
Язык:English
Опубликовано: New York : New York University Press, c2011.
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Оглавление:
  • 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.