Evil, law and the state : : perspectives on state power and violence /

Evil, law and the state : : perspectives on state power and violence / / edited by John T. Parry.

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The topic of "evil" means different things depending upon context. For some, it is an archaic term, while others view it as a central problem of ethics, psychology, or politics. Coupled with state power, the problem of evil takes on a special salience for most observers. When governments d...

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Superior document:At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries ; 24
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Parry, John T., 1964-
Year of Publication:2006
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries ; 24.
Physical Description:1 online resource (228 p.)
Notes:"Papers presented at a conference on Evil, Law, and the State, held at Mansfield College, Oxford in July 2004."P. [ix].
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • John T. PARRY: Pain, Interrogation, and the Body: State Violence and the Law of Torture
  • Fernando PURCELL: "Too Many Foreigners for My Taste": Law, Race and Ethnicity in California, 1848-1852
  • Shani D'CRUZE: Protection, Harm and Social Evil: The Age of Consent, c. 1885-c. 1940
  • Ruth A. MILLER: Sin, Scandal, and Disaster: Politics and Crime in Contemporary Turkey
  • İştar GÖZAYD1N: Adding Injury To Injury: The Case of Rape and Prostitution in Turkey
  • Dani FILC and Hadas ZIV: Exception as the Norm and the Fiction of Sovereignty: The Lack of the Right to Health Care in the Occupied Territories
  • Alban BURKE: Mental Health Care During Apartheid in South Africa: An Illustration of How "Science" Can be Abused
  • Rui ZHU: Schistosomiasis and Capital Marxism
  • Elena A. BAYLIS: The Inevitable Impunity of Suicide Terrorists
  • Douglas J. SYLVESTER: The Lessons of Nuremberg and the Trial of Saddam Hussein
  • Kirsten AINLEY: Responsibility for Atrocity: Individual Criminal Agency and the International Criminal Court
  • Roberto BUONAMANO: Humanity and Inhumanity: State Power and the Force of Law in the Prescription of Juridical Norms
  • Vincent LUIZZI: New Balance, Evil, and the Scales of Justice
  • Jody LYNEÉ MADEIRA: The Execution as Sacrifice
  • Bram IEVEN: Legitimacy and Violence: On the Relation between Law and Justice According to Rawls and Derrida
  • Notes on Contributors.

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