Torture [[electronic resource] ] : a collection / / edited by Sanford Levinson

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.4/9
• Soggetto topico: Torture - Moral and ethical aspects; Human rights; Political prisoners - Legal status, laws, etc
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LevinsonSanford <1941->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Abroad ; 9 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 Dershowitz ; 16 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; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Torture
• ISBN: 0-19-988386-6; 1-280-84385-3; 0-19-803857-7; 1-4294-3833-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451652803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II