Understanding torture /

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Author / Creator:Wisnewski, Jeremy.
Imprint:Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 273 pages)
Language:English
Series:Contemporary ethical debates
Contemporary ethical debates.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11233157
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ISBN:9780748643301
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Understanding Torture surveys the massive literature surrounding torture, arguing that, once properly understood, there can be no defense of torture in any circumstances.
Other form:Print version: Wisnewski, Jeremy. Understanding torture. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010 9780748635375

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