The use of confessionary evidence under the counter-terrorism laws of Sri Lanka : an interdisciplinary study /

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For more than three decades, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought a gruesome war for independence against the majoritarian Sinhalese government of Sri Lanka. Even as the government fought LTTE on the battlefield, it also pursued a legal war through the enactment of counterterrorism law...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chandrasekaram, Visakesa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
Series:Religion and society in Asia.
Subjects:
Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
Terrorism > Sri Lanka.
Terrorism > Law and legislation > Sri Lanka.
Terrorisme > Sri Lanka.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Terrorism.
Terrorism > Law and legislation.
Sri Lanka.
Terrorism, confessions, LTTE.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Do Tigers confess?
  • Rebellion and martyrdom
  • Facts, falsities, and fictions
  • Punitive interrogation of Tamil Tiger suspects
  • Judgement of the terrorist against the 'formula of justice'
  • Fantasies, fictions, myths, and dinials about Tamil Tiger' confessions.

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