The end of reciprocity : terror, torture, and the law of war - Osiel, Mark. (New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009)
Reciprocity in the law of war : ambient sightings, ambivalent soundings -- Reciprocity in humanitarian law : acceptance and repudiation -- Humanitarian vs. human rights law : the coming clash -- Is torture uniquely degrading? : the unpersuasive answer of liberal jurisprudence -- Fairness in terrorist war (1) : Rawlsian reciprocity -- Fairness in terrorist war (2) : Kantian reciprocity -- Humanitarian law as corrective justice : do targeted killing and torture'correct' for terror? -- Reciprocity as civilization : the terrorist as savage -- The inflationary rhetoric of terrorist threat : humanitarian law as deflationary check -- Reciprocity as tit-for-tat : rational retaliation in modern war -- The'gift' of humanitarianism : soft power and benevolent signaling -- Martial honor in modern democracy : the JAGs as a source of national restraint -- Roots of anti-reciprocity : transnational identity and national self-respect.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Humanitarian law; Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation; Lex talionis; Reciprocity (Psychology).