Abstract
This article recounts the story about how these four individuals intentionally cut off the government's primary experts on the Geneva Conventions, the Torture Convention, and customary international law from the decision making process. In doing so, they presented a one-sided and distorted view of U.S. obligations under international law that led to a widespread government policy and practice of torture. It also reveals how a trio of important Supreme Court precedents disrupted these plans, and ultimately swung the balance back in favor of compliance with international law.
Keywords
International Law, Torture
Publication Date
2010
Document Type
Article
Place of Original Publication
Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
Publication Information
The Torture Lawyers
Repository Citation
Scharf, Michael P., "The Torture Lawyers" (2010). Faculty Publications. 619.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/619
Comments
20 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 389 (2010)