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

By:

Lokaneeta, Jinee

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Orient BlackSwan 2011Description: x,293p. 24 cmISBN:

9788125045564

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DDC classification:

345.25 22 LO-T

LOC classification:

K5410.T6 L65 2011

Contents:

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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-279) and index.

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