• Transnational torture : law, violence, and state power in the United States and India
  • [NT 42944] Record Type: [NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
    [NT 47348] Title Information: law, violence, and state power in the United States and India
    [NT 47261] Author: LokaneetaJinee,
    [NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    [NT 47351] Place of Publication: New York
    [NT 47263] Published: New York University Press;
    [NT 47352] Year of Publication: c2011
    [NT 47264] Description: 1 online resource (x, 293 p.).
    [NT 47266] Subject: Torture - India -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Torture - United States -
    [NT 51458] Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814765111/
    [NT 47265] Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-279) and index
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780814765111electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0814765114electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780814752791hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0814752799hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780814752807pbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0814752802pbk.
    [NT 60779] Content Note: 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 thebeast" : 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 : unravelingthe exception : torture in liberal democracies
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