Introduction : origin, object, methodological and structural design of the treatise -- Prelude : freedom wars and torture's (re)turn -- Object of the study -- Structure of the study -- PART I : DEFINING TORTURE : DECONSTRUCTING THE NOTION INTO ITS BASIC COMPOINENTS: Contemporary legal sources on torture -- Defining torture : the basic elements -- Provisional conclusion -- PART II : REDEFINING TORTURE : TOWARDS A RELATIVE INTERPRETATION: Guiding principles -- The essential elements -- A theory of communicating vessels -- A redefinition -- Concluding reflections
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-617)
