A History of Torture in Britain

by Simon Webb

Book Overview

There is an ancient and quite baseless myth that the use of torture has never been legal in Britain. This old wives' tale arose because torture had been neither endorsed nor forbidden by either statute or common law. In other words; the law has, until the late twentieth century, never had anything to say on the subject. In fact, torture, inflicted both as punishment and as an aid to interrogation, has been a constant and recurring feature of British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526751488
• ISBN13: 9781526751485
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"