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
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