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    The end of reciprocity : terror, torture, and the law of war / Mark Osiel.

    • Title:The end of reciprocity : terror, torture, and the law of war / Mark Osiel.
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    • Author/Creator:Osiel, Mark.
    • Published/Created:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Humanitarian law.
      Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation.
      Lex talionis.
      Reciprocity (Psychology)
    • Description:viii, 667 p. ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0521730147 (paper)
      0521513510 (cloth)
      9780521513517 (cloth)
      9780521730143 (paper)
    • Contents:Pt. 1. Reciprocity in Humanitarian Law
      1. Reciprocity in the Law of War: Ambient Sightings, Ambivalent Soundings
      2. Reciprocity in Humanitarian Law: Acceptance and Repudiation
      3. Humanitarian vs. Human Rights Law: The Coming Clash
      Pt. 2. Ethics of Torture as Reciprocity
      4. Is Torture Uniquely Degrading? The Unpersuasive Answer of Liberal Jurisprudence
      5. Fairness in Terrorist War (1): Rawlsian Reciprocity
      6. Fairness in Terrorist War (2): Kantian Reciprocity
      7. Humanitarian Law as Corrective Justice: Do Targeted Killing and Torture "Correct" for Terror?
      Pt. 3. Reciprocity in the Social Science of War
      8. Reciprocity as Civilization: The Terrorist as Savage
      9. Inflationary Rhetoric of Terrorist Threat: Humanitarian Law as Deflationary Check
      10. Reciprocity as Tit-for-Tat: Rational Retaliation in Modern War
      11. "Gift" of Humanitarianism: Soft Power and Benevolent Signaling
      Pt. 4. End of Reciprocity
      12. Martial Honor in Modern Democracy: The JAGs as a Source of National Restraint
      14. Roots of Antireciprocity: Transnational Identity and National Self-Respect.
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