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008			110427s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2011017407
020			_a9780814752791 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a0814752799 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a9780814752807 (ebook)
020			_a0814752802 (ebook)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn697261040
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082	0	0	_a345.025 JIN _223
100	1		_aLokaneeta, Jinee.
245	1	0	_aTransnational torture : _bLaw, violence, and state power in the United States and India / _cJinee Lokaneeta.
260			_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _cc2011.
300			_ax, 293 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-279) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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.
650		0	_aTorture _zUnited States.
650		0	_aTorture _zIndia.
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