Prohibition of Torture in Exceptional Circumstances

This book reframes the historical, legal and moral discourse on the question of whether torture can be justified in exceptional circumstances.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. State of law; 2. The ticking bomb scenario: origins, usages and the contemporary discourse; 3. State of exception; 4. Legal, extralegal or illegal? The academic debate on the use of torture in exceptional circumstances; 5. The torture prohibition and the torture debate: moral aspects.

About the author

Michelle Farrell is a lecturer in law at the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool.

Summary

Rather than engaging the question of whether torture can be justified in exceptional circumstances, Michelle Farrell asks how and why torture has become such a central subject of debate and critiques existing legal and moral approaches to torture with the aim of turning the debate on its head.

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Farrell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2016
• EAN: 9781316603413
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60341-3
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Law, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law