Understanding torture /

Despite Victor Hugo's 19th-century proclamation that torture no longer exists, we still find it even now, even in those nations that claim to be paradigms of civility. Why is it that torture still exists in a world where it is routinely regarded as immoral? Is it possible to eliminate torture,...

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Main Author: Wisnewski, Jeremy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2010]
Series:Contemporary ethical debates.
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