Sanford (Hrsg.) Levinson

Torture: A Collection

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Torture is perhaps the most unequivocally banned practice in the world today. Yet recent photographs from Abu Ghraib substantiated claims that the United States and some of its allies are using methods of questioning relating to the war on terrorism that could be described as torture or, at the very least, as inhuman and degrading. In terror's wake, the use of such methods, at least under some conditions, has gained some prominent defenders, notably from within the White House. In this revised edition, Torture: A Collection brings together leading lawyers, political theorists, social scientists, and public intellectuals to debate the advisabi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-530646-0
EAN: 9780195306460
Produktnummer: 22677228
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.3 cm 513 g
Auflage: Revised
Gewicht: 513

Über den Autor

Sanford Levinson is the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law and Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the editor of innumerable books, the author of Constitutional Faith and Wrestling with Diversity, and a frequent writer for the History Book Club.