Pugliese, Joseph, 1959-

State violence and the execution of law : biopolitical caesurae of torture, black sites, drones / Joseph Pugliese. - vii, 234 pages ; 24 cm. - Law and the postcolonical : ethics, politics, & economy . - Law and the postcolonial. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Biopolitical caesurae of state violence -- Shadow archives of torture -- Biopolitical hierarchies of life -- Epidemiologies of state bioterror -- Black sites, redacted bodies -- Prosthetics of empire and the anomic violence of drones.

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Rule of law.
Violence (Law)
Implied powers (Constitutional law)
Biopolitics.
War (International law)
Torture (International law)
Violence--United States.
Drone aircraft.
Biological warfare.


United States--Military policy.