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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Forword
The Tyranny of Terror: Is Torture Inevitable in Our Century and Beyond?
Acknowledgment
Contemplating Torture: An Introduction
Part I Philosophical Considerations
Torture
Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands
Reflection on the Problem of “Dirty Hands”
Part II Torture as Practiced
The Legal History of Torture
American Interrogation: From Torture to Trickery
The Mental State of Torturers: Argentina’s Dirty War
Part III Contemporary Attempts to Abolish Torture through Law
Escalation and Necessity: Defining Torture at Home and Abroad
Judgment Concerning the Legality of the General Security Service’s Interrogation Methods
Can the War against Terror Justify the Use of Force in Interrogations? Reflections in Light of the Israeli Experience
The Promise and Limits of the International Law of Torture
The European Convention on Human Rights and Its Prohibition on Torture
The Prohibition on Torture and the Limits of the Law
Part IV Reflections on the Post–September 11 Debate about Legalizing Torture
Tortured Reasoning
Five Errors in the Reasoning of Alan Dershowitz
Torture, Terrorism, and Interrogation
Loose Professionalism, or Why Lawyers Take the Lead on Torture
Contributors
Index
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