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Hardcover. Argues that the use of the terms 'war' and 'terror' dehumanize the enemy and permit treatment that would otherwise be impermissible. This title examines the implications and corrupting impact of the attempt to impose 'good' through violence and the attempt to spread democratic values by unethical means. Translator(s): Walker, Gila. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 124 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First edition.
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906497361
- ISBN
- 9781906497361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.66
€ 11.99
€ 11.66
Hardback. Looks at the relationship between torture and colonial domination through a examination of the French army's coercive tactics during the Algerian war from 1954 to 1962. This book presents an anatomy of torture - its methods, justifications, functions, and consequences. It also shows how torture was central to guerre revolutionnaire. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBA; 3JJPG; HBW; JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131351
- ISBN
- 9780691131351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.75€ 55.32
€ 70.75
€ 55.32
Paperback. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBA; 3JJP; 3JM; JKVP; JPVH; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 195 x 2. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173481
- ISBN
- 9780691173481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.77
€ 33.99
€ 24.77
Hardback. S. Editor(s): Pallitto, Robert M. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402482
- ISBN
- 9781421402482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.45€ 60.24
€ 65.45
€ 60.24
Paperback. S. Editor(s): Pallitto, Robert M. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402499
- ISBN
- 9781421402499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.66
€ 33.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. * Ties together eucharistic theology with concrete eucharistic practice* Includes interviews with ecclesiastical officials and grassroots Church workers in Chile. . Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211990
- ISBN
- 9780631211990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.32
€ 53.32
Hardback. Contends that the Eucharist is the Church's response to the use of torture as a social discipline. This book develops a theology of the political which presents torture as one instance of a larger confrontation of powers over bodies, both individual and social. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211198
- ISBN
- 9780631211198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.27
€ 156.27
Paperback. Takes the reader from the late nineteenth century to the aftermath of Abu Ghraib, from slavery and the electric chair to electrotorture in American inner cities, and from French and British colonial prison cells and the Spanish-American War to the fields of Vietnam, the wars of the Middle East, and the democracies of Latin America and Europe. Num Pages: 880 pages, 1 halftone. 9 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JPA; JWA; JWKT; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1234.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 880
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143330
- ISBN
- 9780691143330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.60€ 44.53
€ 56.60
€ 44.53
Hardback. Negotiations of National Identity. 338 pages, black & white illustrations. A new look at the way in which medieval European literature depicts torture and brutality. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFE. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 31. Weight: 680.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9781843842880
- ISBN
- 9781843842880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Paperback. A new look at the way in which medieval European literature depicts torture and brutality. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843931
- ISBN
- 9781843843931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. "In the restrained prose of Torture lies a passionate message about the intentional violation of the bodies of human beings, in our time and in the past."-New York Times Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFE; JKVP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215991
- ISBN
- 9780812215991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
The law of torts is concerned with the obligations that are created by the infringement of rights. This work seeks to show that this apparently simple proposition provides the groundwork for a new theoretical model for conceiving the law of torts, and a new way of understanding the subject. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JPVH; LAB; LAM; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 779.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199211609
- ISBN
- 9780199211609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 203.75
€ 203.75
Paperback. Interrogates issues of gender, national identity, race, ethnicity, and class to show the impossibility of projecting a singular Hispanic or Latina Lesbian. Examining the works of a range of lesbian writers and performance artists, this title creates a picture of the contributions of Latina and Hispanic lesbians to literature and culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592130078
- ISBN
- 9781592130078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. Examines how rapid societal changes, economic development, and integration into global markets have affected ordinary people's perceptions of law, with a special focus on the narratives of men and women who have suffered serious injuries in the province of Chiangmai, Thailand. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table, 3 figures, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763820
- ISBN
- 9780804763820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
hardcover. Examines how rapid societal changes, economic development, and integration into global markets have affected ordinary people's perceptions of law, with a special focus on the narratives of men and women who have suffered serious injuries in the province of Chiangmai, Thailand. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table, 3 figures, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763813
- ISBN
- 9780804763813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Paperback. This book challenges the community of international lawyers to think again about how they can use the Alien Tort Statute. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LND; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Hart Publishing
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841137940
- ISBN
- 9781841137940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.75
€ 50.99
€ 42.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBG; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855753139
- ISBN
- 9780855753139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.22
€ 29.99
€ 22.22
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gilbert, Sarah L. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608760954
- ISBN
- 9781608760954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.00€ 137.67
€ 204.00
€ 137.67
Paperback. Concentrates on Tornado Reconnaissance, looking at the two squadrons, II(AC) and XII, the systems they employed, and their worth to the overall structure, interspersed with personal tales of front line operations. This book explains the concept of the internal recce system, TIRRS and covers the replacement systems JRP and Raptor. Num Pages: 120 pages, 200 illustrations (80 colour). BIC Classification: JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 248 x 9. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752445144
- ISBN
- 9780752445144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.33
€ 26.99
€ 23.33
Paperback. A pictorial guide to life in this iconic modern aircraft Num Pages: 96 pages, 180 colour photographs. BIC Classification: JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 10. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554630
- ISBN
- 9781781554630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.32
€ 19.99
€ 15.32