The prohibition of torture in exceptional circumstances /
Michelle Farrell.
- xvi, 277 pages ; 24 cm
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--National University of Ireland Galway, 2011, under title: On torture.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-267) and index.
State of law -- The ticking bomb scenario : origins, usages and the contemporary discourse -- State of exception -- Legal, extralegal or illegal? : the academic debate on the use of torture in exceptional circumstances -- The torture prohibition and the torture debate : moral aspects.