Lawyers, Policy Makers, and Norms in the Debate on Torture
by
Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
The treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Guantánamo Bay, and far-flung CIA "black sites" after the attacks of 9/11 included cruelty that defied legal and normative prohibitions in U.S. and international law. The antitorture stance of the United States was brushed aside. Since then,...