Were They Tortured or Did They Make that Up? Ethnographic Reflections on Torture Allegations in the Basque Country in Spain

<p>Academic literature about torture has addressed a wide range of questions. An important facet, however, has not yet received sufficient attention. Given that torture tends to occur in secrecy, how does the lack of information that is perceived to be objective and authoritative affect the so...

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Main Author: Carolijn Terwindt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2011-02-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://ssrn.com/abstract=1838392