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050 00 KZ7170 |b.R86 2015 
100 1  Rumney, Philip N. S 
245 10 Torturing terrorists :|bexploring the limits of law, human
       rights, and academic freedom /|cPhilip NS Rumney. 
260    Abingdon, Oxon ;|aNew York, NY :|bRoutledge,|c2015 
300    ix,213 p ;|c25 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520 0  "This book considers the theoretical, policy and empirical
       arguments relevant to the debate concerning the 
       legalisation of interrogational torture. Torturing 
       Terrorists examines, as part of a consequentialist 
       analysis, the nature and impact of torture and the 
       implications of its legal regulation on individuals, 
       institutions and wider society. In so doing, the book 
       engages in a wide ranging inter-disciplinary analysis of 
       the arguments and claims that are put forward by the 
       proponents and opponents of legalised torture. This book 
       examines the ticking bomb hypothetical and explains how 
       the component parts of the hypothetical are expansively 
       interpreted in theory and practice. It also considers the 
       effectiveness of torture in producing 'ticking bomb' and 
       'infrastructure' intelligence and examines the use of 
       interrogational torture and coercion by state officials in
       Northern Ireland, Algeria, Israel, and as part of the 
       CIA's 'High Value Detainee' interrogation programme. As 
       part of an empirical slippery slope argument, this book 
       examines the difficulties in drafting the text of a 
       torture statute; the difficulties of controlling the use 
       of interrogational torture and problems such a law could 
       create for state officials and wider society. Finally, it 
       critically evaluates suggestions that debating the 
       legalisation of torture is dangerous and should be 
       avoided. The book will be of interest to students and 
       academics of criminology, law, sociology and philosophy, 
       as well as the general reader"-- 
650  0 Torture (International law) 
650  0 Torture victims |xLegal status, laws, etc 
650  0 Detention of persons 
650  0 Terrorism |xPrevention |xLaw and legislation 
650  0 Military interrogation 
650  0 Human rights 
856 41 Table of contents only |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/
       fy16pdf01/2014012536.html