Transnational torture : law, violence and state powers in the United States and India
by Jinee Lokaneeta.
- New Delhi : Orient Blackswan, 2012.
- 291 p.
Table of Contents: Introduction: Do the Ghosts of Leviathan linger on? Law, Violence, and Torture in Liberal Democracies Part 1. Law's struggle with Violence: Ambivalence in the "routine"Jurisprudence of Interrogations in the United States Part 2. Being helplessly Civilized Leaves us at the Mercy of the Beast" : Post-9/11 Discourses on Torture in the United States Part 3. Torture in the TV show 24 : circulation of meanings Part 4. Jurisprudence on torture and interrogations in India Part 5. Contemporary States of Exception : Extraordinary Laws and Interrogation in India Part 6. Conclusion : Unraveling the Exception : Torture in Liberal Democracies Notes Selected Bibliography Index