Michelle Farrell

The Prohibition of Torture in Exceptional Circumstances

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reframes the historical, legal and moral discourse on the question of whether torture can be justified in exceptional circumstances.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9781316603413
• ISBN-10: 1316603415
• Artikelnr.: 44269089

Autorenporträt

Michelle Farrell is a lecturer in law at the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. State of law
2. The ticking bomb scenario: origins, usages and the contemporary discourse
3. State of exception
4. Legal, extralegal or illegal? The academic debate on the use of torture in exceptional circumstances
5. The torture prohibition and the torture debate: moral aspects.