Legal Principles and Torture.

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  • Author(s): Harold Hongju Koh
  • Source:
    Dissent (0012-3846). Spring2005, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p7-10. 4p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      TORTURE; CONSTITUTIONAL law; PUBLIC administration; CRIMINAL law
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      Comments on the legal implications of the government policy on torture in the U.S. Scope of the president's constitutional powers to authorize torture and cruel treatment by U.S. officials; Illegality of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; Number of legal memoranda setting forth the administration's legal frame.