Torture, Surveillance and Rights (RSOS2950/4950)
Literature (740p)
1 Torture, surveillance and morality (423p)
DeCew, Judith (2013). “Privacy”, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, (17p)
Farrell, Michelle (2013). “The ticking bomb scenario: origins, usages, and the contemporary discourse”, in The Prohibition of Torture in Exceptional Circumstances. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (65p),
Luban, David (2005). “Liberalism, Torture, and the Ticking Bomb”, in Virginia Law Review, vol. 91, issue 6 (38p)
Lyon, David (2015). Surveillance after Snowden. Cambridge: Polity Press (183p)
(available as a paperback)
Simon, William H. (2014). “In defense of the Panopticon”, in Boston Review, Sept-October, (17p)
Sussman, David (2005). “What`s wrong with torture?”, in Philosophy & Public Affairs 33, no. 1 (33p)
van den Hoven, Jeroen; Blaauw, Martijn; Pieters, Wolter; and Warnier, Martijn (2014). “Privacy and Information Technology”, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, (16p)
Waldron, Jeremy (2006). “Safety and Security”, in Nebraska Law Review (54p)
2 Torture and surveillance in the history of warfare and the social sciences (102p)
McCoy, Alfred (2006). Chapters 1, 2 and 3 from A Question of Torture. New York: Metropolitan Books, pp. 5 – 107 (102p) (available as a paperback)
3 Surveillance, “Lawfare” and Drones (140p)
Heller, Kevin Jon (2013). “One Hell of a Killing Machine: Signature Strikes and International Law”, in Journal of International Criminal Justice 11, (31p),
Holmes, Stephen (2013). “What`s in it for Obama?”, in London Review of Books, Vol. 35, No. 14, (12p)
Printer, Norman G. (2003). “The Use of Force against Non-State Actors under International Law: an Analysis of the U.S. Predator Strike in Yemen”, in UCLA Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs, (53p),
Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora and Lohne, Kjersti (2014). “The Rise of the Humanitarian Drone: Giving Content to an Emerging Concept”, in Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol 43(1), (20p),
Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora (2015). “African Drone Stories”, in Behemoth: A Journal on Civilisation, Vol. 8, No. 2 (24p),
4 Torture, Surveillance and Popular Culture (75p)
Halvorsen, Vidar (2009). “Catastrophic Moral Horror“, in Technologies of Insecurity. London: Routledge,, page 238-256. (18p)
Hasian Jr., Marouf (2013). “Zero Dark Thirty and the Critical Challenges Posed by Populist Postfeminism During the Global War on Terrorism”, in Journal of Communication Inquiry 37(4) (22p)
Joyce,Daniel/Simm, Gabrielle (2014). “Zero Dark Thirty: International Law, Torture and Representation”, ESIL Conference Paper Series Vol. 4 No 12 (13p)
Yin, Tung (2008). “Jack Bauer Syndrome: Hollywood`s Depiction of National Security Law” , in Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Vol. 17, Issue 2 (22p)