Understanding torture : law, violence, and political identity /
Prohibiting torture will not end it. In Understanding Torture, John T. Parry explains that torture is already a normal part of the state coercive apparatus. Torture is about dominating the victim for a variety of purposes, including public order; control of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities;...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan Press,
©2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Torture and international law
- The European law of torture
- Torture and state violence in U.S. law
- Torture, rights, and the modern state
- Torture in modern democracies
- U.S. torture at home and abroad
- Torture in the War on Terror.