The end of reciprocity
Subtitle: terror, torture, and the law of war
By: Mark Osiel.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 667
ISBN-13: 9780521513517; 9780521730143
Subjects: Humanitarian law; War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Law and legislation; Lex talionis; Reciprocity (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reciprocity in the law of war : ambient sightings, ambivalent soundings; title: Reciprocity in humanitarian law : acceptance and repudiation; title: Humanitarian vs. human rights law : the coming clash; title: Is torture uniquely degrading? : the unpersuasive answer of liberal jurisprudence; title: Fairness in terrorist war (1) : Rawlsian reciprocity; title: Fairness in terrorist war (2) : Kantian reciprocity; title: Humanitarian law as corrective justice : do targeted killing and torture 'correct' for terror?; title: Reciprocity as civilization : the terrorist as savage; title: The inflationary rhetoric of terrorist threat : humanitarian law as deflationary check; title: Reciprocity as tit-for-tat : rational retaliation in modern war; title: The 'gift' of humanitarianism : soft power and benevolent signaling; title: Martial honor in modern democracy : the JAGs as a source of national restraint; title: Roots of anti-reciprocity : transnational identity and national self-respect.