Table of Contents: “…Human rights -- Madison's compound republic and the logic of checks and balances -- Europe and the virtues of international constitutionalism -- American exceptionalism and the betrayal of human rights, part I : the torture memos -- American exceptionalism and the betrayal of human rights, part II : enabling torture -- The democratic legitimacy of international human rights law.…”
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Table of Contents: “…-- Elections 2008 : hope confronts the real world -- Obama on Israel-Palestine -- The torture memos -- 1989 and beyond.…”
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Table of Contents: “…psychology and the -- Pursuit of national security -- Interrogating justice: the "torture" memos and the office of legal counsel -- Ticking bombs and dirty hands: coercive interrogation and the rule of law -- Treating terrorists : the conflicting pull of role responsibility -- Discipline and punish : the importance of professional accountability -- Professional responsibility and the virtuous professional -- The day they enter active service : the military conscience -- Lessons learned : dignity and the rule of law -- This we do not do : the future of interrogation and the ethics of professional responsibility.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Prologue: the consumer decade -- Troubled roots : a little town in the valley -- Dangerous ground : the California Assembly -- I went to bed a loser : the road to Congress -- The people's right to know : a distant shore -- The Freedom of Information Act : perilous journey -- The Product Safety Act : consumer as guinea pig -- Reviving the Federal Trade Commission : the Magnuson-Moss Act -- Investor protection : breaking Wall Street's monopoly -- Cars, chemicals, and Arab oil : changing times -- Consumer protection in retreat: two crushing defeats -- Freedom of information today : the torture memos -- Epilogue : the legacy.…”
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