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Torture: Moral Absolutes and Ambiguities

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 2009

Summary

Gibt es Umstände, in denen Folter moralisch gerechtfertigt oder gar erforderlich ist? In diesem Band diskutieren führende europäische Rechts- und Politikwissenschaftler die Moralität von Folter und analysieren diese grauenvolle Praxis sowie die Versuche, sie unter Kontrolle zu bringen, aus rechtlicher, soziologischer und historischer Sicht.

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Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2009
Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-3-8329-4077-5
ISBN-Online
978-3-8452-1498-6
Publisher
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series
Studien zur Politischen Soziologie. Studies on Political Sociology
Volume
2
Language
English
Pages
214
Product type
Edited Book

Table of contents

ChapterPages
  1. Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 2 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
  2. IntroductionPages 9 - 17 Tony Ward, Gerry Johnstone, Bev Clucas Download chapter (PDF)
  3. ‘Jurists, Bad Christians’: Torture and the Rule of LawPages 18 - 46 Massimo la Torr Download chapter (PDF)
  4. Justifying Defensive TorturePages 47 - 68 Uwe Steinhoff Download chapter (PDF)
  5. The Ticking Bomb Scenario as a Moral ScandalPages 69 - 80 Francesco Belvisi Download chapter (PDF)
  6. Torture and DemocracyPages 81 - 90 Hauke Brunkhorst Download chapter (PDF)
  7. Survey of the Crime of Torture in the Jurisprudence of the ICTYPages 91 - 103 Tsvetana Kamenova Download chapter (PDF)
  8. English Law and Evidence Obtained by Torture: Vindication of Basic Principle or Judicial Abnegation? Implications of A v. Secretary of State for the Home Department.Pages 104 - 123 Patrick Birkinshaw Download chapter (PDF)
  9. Bush II’s Constitutional and Legal Theory: The Constitution of Emergency between Law and PropagandaPages 124 - 146 Agustin José Menéndez Download chapter (PDF)
  10. Torture, between Law and Politics: A Retrospective ViewPages 147 - 154 Marina Lalatta Costerbosa Download chapter (PDF)
  11. Nursing During National Socialism: Complicity in Terror, and HeroismPages 155 - 170 Alison J. O’Donnell, Susan Benedict, Jochen Kuhla, Linda Shields Download chapter (PDF)
  12. Torture and the Paradox of State ViolencePages 171 - 183 Penny Green, Tony Ward Download chapter (PDF)
  13. 24 and TorturePages 184 - 210 Bev Clucas Download chapter (PDF)
  14. ContributorsPages 211 - 214 Download chapter (PDF)

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