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The Torture Debate in America

As a result of the work assembling the documents, memoranda, democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and reports that constitute the material in THE TORTURE PAPERS, the question of the rationale behind the Bush administrations decision to condone the use of coercive interrogation techniques in the interrogation of detainees suspected of terrorist connections was raised. The condoned use of torture in any society is questionable but its use by the United States, a liberal democracy that champions human rights democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and is a party to international conventions forbidding torture, has sparked an intense debate within America. THE TORTURE DEBATE IN AMERICA captures these arguments with essays from individuals in different disciplines. This volume is divided into two sections with essays covering all sides of the argument from those who embrace absolute prohibition of torture to those who see it as a viable option in the war on terror democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and with documents complementing the essays.--Includes memos from those close to the Bush administration--Contains documents on which the road to torture was based--Historical informationContentsIntroduction: the rule of law finds its Golem: judicial torture then democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and now Karen Greenberg; Part I. Democracy, Terror, democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and Torture: 1. Tortured liberalism David Luban; 2. How to interrogate terrorists Heather MacDonald; 3. Torture: thinking about the unthinkable Andrew McCarthy; 4. The curious debate Joshua Dratel; 5. Is defiance of law proof of success: magical thinking in the war on terror Stephen Holmes; 6. Through a mirror, darkly Scott Horton; 7. Speaking law to power: lawyers democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and power Richard Bilder democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and Detlev Vagts; 8. Engine of state democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and the rule of law Jeremy Waldron; 9. Torture: an interreligious debate Joyce Dubensky democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and Rachel Lavery; Part II. On the Matter of Failed States, The Geneva Conventions democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and International Law: 10. Unwise counsel: the war on terrorism democracy green rethinking sovereignty state and the criminal mistreatment of detainees in U.S. custody David Bowker; 11. Rethinking the Geneva Conventi Copyright (C)
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