Sacred violence : torture, terror, and sovereignty

Author(s)

• Kahn, Paul W.

Bibliographic Information

Sacred violence : torture, terror, and sovereignty

Paul W. Kahn

（Law, meaning, and violence）

University of Michigan Press, c2008

• pbk. : alk. paper
• pbk. : alk. paper

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• Sacred violence : torture, terror, and sovereignty / Paul W. Kahn.

  2008

  HathiTrust

  ic-world

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-205) and index

Contents of Works

• Torture and sovereignty
• Torture and international law
• The current debate : torture in the War on Terror
• A primer on political violence
• Crossing the border between law and sovereignty

Details

• NCID: BB26898879
• ISBN:
  • 9780472070473
  • 0472070479
  • 9780472050475
  • 0472050478
• LCCN: 2008011488
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Ann Arbor
• Pages/Volumes: 233 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : KZ7170
  • DC22 : 341.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Torture
  • LCSH : Sovereignty
  • LCSH : Political violence
  • LCSH : Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA20486474