"John Parry's Understanding Torture is an important contribution to our understanding of how torture fits within the practices and beliefs of the modern state. His juxtaposition of the often indeterminate nature of the law of torture with the very specific state practices of torture is both startling and revealing." ---Paul W. Kahn is Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities at Yale Law School and author of Sacred Violence
"Parry is effective in building, deploying, and supporting his argument . . . that the law does not provide effective protections against torture, but also that the law is in itself constitutive of a political order in which torture is employed to create---and to destroy or re-create---political identities.” ---Margaret Satterthwaite, Faculty Director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and Associate Professor of Clinical Law, NYU School of Law
"A beautifully crafted, convincingly argued book that does not shy away from addressing the legal and ethical complexities of torture in the modern world. In a field that all too often produces simple or superficial responses to what has become an increasingly challenging issue, Understanding Torture stands out as a sophisticated and intellectually responsible work." ---Ruth Miller, Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts, BostonProhibiting torture will not end it. In Understanding Torture, John T. Parry explains that torture is already a normal part of the state coercive apparatus. Torture is about dominating the victim for a variety of purposes, including public order; control of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities; and--- critically---domination for the sake of domination. Seen in this way, Abu Ghraib sits on a continuum with contemporary police violence in U.S. cities; violent repression of racial minorities throughout U.S. history; and the exercise of power in a variety of political, social, and interpersonal contacts. Creating a separate category for an intentionally narrow set of practices labeled and banned as torture, Parry argues, serves to normalize and legitimate the remaining practices that are "not torture." Consequently, we must question the hope that law can play an important role in regulating state violence. No one who reads this book can fail to understand the centrality of torture in modern law, politics, and governance. John T. Parry is Professor of Law at Lewis &amp; Clark Law School.

Understanding Torture: Law, Violence, and Political Identity

Parry, John T.

Foreign & International Law

Univ of Michigan Pr

This book is a unique blend of theory, doctrine, context, and practice.It immerses students in the world of civil rights litigation and provides essential tools for practice in this area.• FIRST, the book situates federal civil rights litigation in a broader context by exploring sovereign immunity and state tort remedies for official misconduct.• SECOND, the book groups together the three primary forms of constitutional civil rights litigation: the Ex parte Young action, the cause of action against state actors created by 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Bivens action against federal officials. • THIRD, once students gain a basic understanding of these causes of action, the book carefully provides a deeper understanding of civil rights actions by focusing on common substantive claims, addressing selection of proper defendants, and guiding students through the absolute and qualified immunity defenses. • FOURTH, the last chapters of the book address two special topics: the intersection of civil rights claims with the criminal justice system (including an overview of habeas corpus law), and an introduction to the possibilities for international human rights litigation in U.S. courts. Just as important, “Cases and Problems in Civil Rights Litigation” asks students to do more than study legal doctrine. In each chapter, the book repeatedly asks students to test their understanding of the law by presenting significant fact patterns drawn from real incidents and cases. Students also have the opportunity to complete two practice exercises: a civil rights complaint, and a memorandum in support of a motion to dismiss a complaint on immunity grounds.

Cases and Problems in Civil Rights Litigation: State, Federal, and International Perspectives

Constitutional Law

Semaphore Press, Inc.

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Understanding Torture: Law, Violence, and Political Identity

Cases and Problems in Civil Rights Litigation: State, Federal, and International Perspectives

Cases and Problems in Civil Rights Litigation: State, Federal, and International Perspectives