| Description |
1 online resource (227 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Religion and society in Asia
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Religion and society in Asia.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Do Tigers confess? -- Rebellion and martyrdom -- Facts, falsities, and fictions -- Punitive interrogation of Tamil Tiger suspects -- Judgement of the terrorist against the 'formula of justice' -- Fantasies, fictions, myths, and dinials about Tamil Tiger' confessions. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tamiḻīḻa Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
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Tamiḻīḻa Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association) |
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Terrorism -- Sri Lanka.
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Terrorism. |
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Sri Lanka. |
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Terrorism -- Law and legislation -- Sri Lanka.
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Terrorism -- Law and legislation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chandrasekaram, Visakesa. Use of confessionary evidence under the counter-terrorism laws of Sri Lanka. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017] 9462981574 (OCoLC)968184909 |
| ISBN |
9789048531233 (electronic book) |
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9048531233 (electronic book) |
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9462981574 |
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9789462981577 |
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