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Transnational torture

Lokaneeta, Jinee.

Transnational torture law, violence, and state power in the United States and India / [electronic resource] : Jinee Lokaneeta. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (x, 293 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

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

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.

9780814765111 0814765114 9780814752807 0814752802




Torture--India.
Torture--United States.


Electronic books.

K5410.T6 / L65 2011

345.025