The Use of Confessionary Evidence under the Counter-Terrorism Laws of Sri Lanka
Titel
The Use of Confessionary Evidence under the Counter-Terrorism Laws of Sri Lanka
Subtitel
An Interdisciplinary Study
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€ 117,00 excl. BTW
ISBN
9789462981577
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Hardback
Aantal pagina's
228
Taal
Engels
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15.6 x 23.4 cm
Discipline
Aziëstudies
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Do Tigers confess? Rebellion and martyrdom Facts, falsities, and fictions Punitive interrogation of Tamil Tiger suspects Judgment of the terrorist against the 'formula of justice' Fantasies, fictions, myths, and denials about Tamil Tigers' confessions Annexure BIBLIOGRAPHY

Visakesa Chandrasekaram

The Use of Confessionary Evidence under the Counter-Terrorism Laws of Sri Lanka

An Interdisciplinary Study

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For more than three decades, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought a gruesome war for independence against the majoritarian Sinhalese government of Sri Lanka. Even as the government fought LTTE on the battlefield, it also pursued a legal war through the enactment of counterterrorism laws that permitted indefinite detention and the use of confessions as sole evidence. This book applies theoretical insights from the work of philosophers such as Carl Schmitt, Giorgio Agamben, and Michel Foucault to the Sri Lankan context to examine the conflicting narratives relating to these laws produced by both sides in the conflict.
Auteur

Visakesa Chandrasekaram

Dr. Visakesa worked as a human rights lawyer and an independent arts practitioner in Sri Lanka and Australia. He has written and presented several creative pieces including Forbidden Area, a play, The King and the Assassin, a fiction and Frangipani, a feature film.