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Author: Ariel Meyerstein

31 Jul

The Specific Costs of Arbitrary Detention and Torture: A Response to Eugene Kontorovich

[Ariel Meyerstein received his J.D. from Boalt Hall (2006) and is currently a PhD candidate, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program. His recent scholarship includes, "Between Law and Culture: Rwanda's Gacaca and Postcolonial Legality," 32 Law and Social Inquiry 467-508 (2007), "Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Israel/Palestine: Assessing the Applicability of the Truth Commission Paradigm," 38 Case Western Reserve Journal of International...

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