Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
9-16-2009
Abstract
This chapter, to appear in the 2nd edition of Beth Van Schaack & Ron Slye's International Criminal Law & Its Enforcement (Foundation Press 2010), covers the crime of torture under international criminal law. It begins with a doctrinal discussion of the elements of torture as elucidated in the international criminal law jurisprudence with a focus on cases concerning gender-based violence and sex crimes. It then enables a comparison of this established doctrine with the "torture memos" produced during the administration of President Bush. Using a rich set of Notes, Questions and Problems, the chapter offers a compelling tool for teaching about torture.
Automated Citation
Beth Van Schaack and Ron Slye,
Teaching Torture
(2009),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/facpubs/632
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