Enemies of All Humankind : Fictions of Legitimate Violence /
Hostis humani generis, meaning "enemy of humankind," is the legal basis by which Western societies have defined such criminals as pirates, torturers, or terrorists as beyond the pale of civilization. Sonja Schillings argues that this legal fiction does more than characterize certain person...
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Hanover, NH :
Dartmouth College Press,
2016
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