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Torture : a collection / edited by Sanford Levinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Torture.
- Human rights.
- Political prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Political prisoners.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of essays will address some of the most controversial issues surrounding torture: how it is used by governments, legal definitions of torture, the theological implications of torturing, torture in declared states of emergency and why it should be prohibited.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; FOREWORD: The Tyranny of Terror: Is Torture Inevitable in Our Century and Beyond?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Contemplating Torture: An Introduction; Part I: Philosophical Considerations; 2 Torture; 3 Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands; 4 Reflection on the Problem of "Dirty Hands"; Part II: Torture as Practiced; 5 The Legal History of Torture; 6 American Interrogation: From Torture to Trickery; 7 The Mental State of Torturers: Argentina's Dirty War; Part III: Contemporary Attempts to Abolish Torture through Law; 8 Escalation and Necessity: Defining Torture at Home and Abroad
- 9 Judgment Concerning the Legality of the General Security Service's Interrogation Methods10 Can the War against Terror Justify the Use of Force in Interrogations? Reflections in Light of the Israeli Experience; 11 The Promise and Limits of the International Law of Torture; 12 The European Convention on Human Rights and Its Prohibition on Torture; 13 The Prohibition on Torture and the Limits of the Law; Part IV: Reflections on the Post-September 11 Debate about Legalizing Torture; 14 Tortured Reasoning; 15 Five Errors in the Reasoning of Alan Dershowitz
- 16 Torture, Terrorism, and Interrogation17 Loose Professionalism, or Why Lawyers Take the Lead on Torture; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772090-0
- 0-19-988386-6
- 1-280-84385-3
- 0-19-803857-7
- 1-4294-3833-9
- OCLC:
- 476015738
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