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Transnational Torture: Law, Violence and State Power in India and the U.S.
INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
Cordially invites you to
Discussion of a new book by Dr Jinee Lokaneeta, Associate Professor in Political Science, Drew University, USA
on Custodial Torture in Liberal Democracies
ON FRIDAY, 27TH JULY 2012 AT 6.30 PM IN CONFERENCE ROOM I.
Panelists : Ms Vrinda Grover, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court; Prof Aditya Nigam, CSDS; Prof Ujjwal Kumar Singh, Dept. of Political Science, University of Delhi; and author
Dr Jinee Lokaneeta
Chair : Shri Sankar Sen, IPS (retd.), and former Director General, National Human Rights Commission
Transnational Torture: Law, Violence and State Power in India and the U.S. (2012) brings out the extent to which torture has been practiced in liberal democracies, where there has been constant negotiation with and accommodation of excess violence by the state
(Orient Blackswan, 2012)
http://www.orientblackswan.com/display.asp?categoryID=38&isbn=978-81-250-4556-4&detail=2
(NYU Press, 2011)
http://nyupress.org/books/book-details.aspx?bookid=6378
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Lassnet Delhi Chapter, Forthcoming Workshop
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH NETWORK, DELHI CHAPTER Ethnographies of Law SECOND SYMPOSIUM 19TH FEBRUARY 2010 Conference Room, Top Floor, Centre for Policy Research, Dharam Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi ? 110021, Tel: 91-11-26115273-76 (4 Lines) RSVP:...
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WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAMME and CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF LAW AND GOVERNANCEinvites you to a seminar "Playing Off Courts: Negotiating Divorce and Violence In Courts, Police and Mediation Boards in Kolkata" by Dr. Srimati Basu Associate Professor, Gender...
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Madhav Khosla
I am a recent graduate of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and have begun work as a Research Assistant to Prof. Madhava Menon at the Commission on Centre-State Relations, Government of India. My primary areas of interest and public...
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Sally E Merry
Sally Engle Merry is Professor of Anthropology and of Law and Society at New York University. Her work explores the role of law in urban life in the US, in the colonizing process, and in contemporary transnationalism. She is currently doing a comparative,...
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