Transnational torture [electronic resource] law, violence, and state power in the United States and India / Jinee Lokaneeta.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2011.Description: x, 293 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 345.025 23
- K5410.T6 L65 2011
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Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.