03821nam 22007334a 450 991077789080332120230617040620.00-19-772090-00-19-988386-61-280-84385-30-19-803857-71-4294-3833-9(CKB)1000000000469651(EBL)273303(OCoLC)476015738(SSID)ssj0000260288(PQKBManifestationID)11212397(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260288(PQKBWorkID)10223887(PQKB)10123661(SSID)ssj0001149876(PQKBManifestationID)12413703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001149876(PQKBWorkID)11175470(PQKB)10761044(Au-PeEL)EBL273303(CaPaEBR)ebr10263655(CaONFJC)MIL84385(OCoLC)935260999(Au-PeEL)EBL7033677(MiAaPQ)EBC273303(EXLCZ)99100000000046965120040416d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTorture[electronic resource] a collection /edited by Sanford LevinsonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-530646-5 0-19-517289-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; FOREWORD: The Tyranny of Terror: Is Torture Inevitable in Our Century and Beyond?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Contemplating Torture: An Introduction; Part I: Philosophical Considerations; 2 Torture; 3 Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands; 4 Reflection on the Problem of "Dirty Hands"; Part II: Torture as Practiced; 5 The Legal History of Torture; 6 American Interrogation: From Torture to Trickery; 7 The Mental State of Torturers: Argentina's Dirty War; Part III: Contemporary Attempts to Abolish Torture through Law; 8 Escalation and Necessity: Defining Torture at Home and Abroad9 Judgment Concerning the Legality of the General Security Service's Interrogation Methods10 Can the War against Terror Justify the Use of Force in Interrogations? Reflections in Light of the Israeli Experience; 11 The Promise and Limits of the International Law of Torture; 12 The European Convention on Human Rights and Its Prohibition on Torture; 13 The Prohibition on Torture and the Limits of the Law; Part IV: Reflections on the Post-September 11 Debate about Legalizing Torture; 14 Tortured Reasoning; 15 Five Errors in the Reasoning of Alan Dershowitz16 Torture, Terrorism, and Interrogation17 Loose Professionalism, or Why Lawyers Take the Lead on Torture; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThe use of torture, at least under some conditions, has gained some prominent defenders. This title brings together lawyers, political theorists, social scientists and others to debate the advisability of maintaining its absolute ban and to reflect on what it says about our societies if we do--or do not--adhere to it in all circumstances.TortureMoral and ethical aspectsHuman rightsPolitical prisonersLegal status, laws, etcTortureMoral and ethical aspects.Human rights.Political prisonersLegal status, laws, etc.323.4/9Levinson Sanford1941-1090954MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777890803321Torture3687444UNINA