The Tyranny of Terror: Is Torture Inevitable in Our Century and Beyond? = 3
Acknowledgments = 19
1 Sanford Levinson
Contemplating Torture: An Introduction = 23
Part I Philosophical Considerations
2 Henry Shue
Torture = 47
3 Michael Walzer
Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands = 67
4 Jean Bethke Elshtain
Reflection on The Problem of "dirty Hands" = 77
Part Ii Torture As Practiced
5 John H. Langbein
The Legal History of Torture = 93
6 Jerome H. Skolnick
American Interrogation: from Torture to Trickery = 105
7 Mark Osiel
The Mental State of Torturers: Argentina's Dirty War = 129
Part Iii Contemporary Attempts to Abolish Torture Through Law
8 John T. Parry
Escalation and Necessity: Defining Torture at Home and Abroad = 145
9 Supreme Court of Israel
Judgment Concerning The Legality of The General Security Service's Interrogation Methods = 165
10 Miriam Gur-arye
Can The War Against Terror Justify The Use of Force in Interrogations? Reflections in Light of The Israeli Experience = 183
11 Oona A. Hathaway
The Promise and Limits of The International Law of Torture = 199
12 Fionnuala Ni Aoilain
The European Convention on Human Rights and Its Prohibition on Torture = 213
13 Oren Gross
The Prohibition on Torture and The Limits of The Law = 229
Part Iv Reflections on The Post?september 11 Debate about Legalizing Torture
14 Alan Dershowitz
Tortured Reasoning = 257
15 Elaine Scarry
Five Errors in The Reasoning of Alan Dershowitz = 281
16 Richard A. Posner
Torture, Terrorism, and Interrogation = 291
17 Richard H. Weisberg
Loose Professionalism, Or Why Lawyers Take The Lead on Torture = 299
18 Charles Krauthammer
The Truth about Torture = 307
19 Andrew Sullivan
The Abolition of Torture = 317
Contributors = 329
Index 333
Acknowledgments = 19
1 Sanford Levinson
Contemplating Torture: An Introduction = 23
Part I Philosophical Considerations
2 Henry Shue
Torture = 47
3 Michael Walzer
Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands = 67
4 Jean Bethke Elshtain
Reflection on The Problem of "dirty Hands" = 77
Part Ii Torture As Practiced
5 John H. Langbein
The Legal History of Torture = 93
6 Jerome H. Skolnick
American Interrogation: from Torture to Trickery = 105
7 Mark Osiel
The Mental State of Torturers: Argentina's Dirty War = 129
Part Iii Contemporary Attempts to Abolish Torture Through Law
8 John T. Parry
Escalation and Necessity: Defining Torture at Home and Abroad = 145
9 Supreme Court of Israel
Judgment Concerning The Legality of The General Security Service's Interrogation Methods = 165
10 Miriam Gur-arye
Can The War Against Terror Justify The Use of Force in Interrogations? Reflections in Light of The Israeli Experience = 183
11 Oona A. Hathaway
The Promise and Limits of The International Law of Torture = 199
12 Fionnuala Ni Aoilain
The European Convention on Human Rights and Its Prohibition on Torture = 213
13 Oren Gross
The Prohibition on Torture and The Limits of The Law = 229
Part Iv Reflections on The Post?september 11 Debate about Legalizing Torture
14 Alan Dershowitz
Tortured Reasoning = 257
15 Elaine Scarry
Five Errors in The Reasoning of Alan Dershowitz = 281
16 Richard A. Posner
Torture, Terrorism, and Interrogation = 291
17 Richard H. Weisberg
Loose Professionalism, Or Why Lawyers Take The Lead on Torture = 299
18 Charles Krauthammer
The Truth about Torture = 307
19 Andrew Sullivan
The Abolition of Torture = 317
Contributors = 329
Index 333