In "Torture and the Law of Proof "John H. Langbein explores the
world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized
for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval
times until well into the eighteenth century. Drawing on juristic
literature and legal records, Langbein's book, first published in
1977, remains the definitive account of how European legal systems
became dependent on the use of torture in their routine criminal
procedures, and how they eventually worked themselves free of it.
The book has recently taken on an eerie relevance as a consequence
of controversial American and British interrogation practices in
the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. In a new introduction, Langbein
contrasts the "new" law of torture with the older European law and
offers some pointed lessons about the difficulty of reconciling
coercion with accurate investigation. Embellished with fascinating
illustrations of torture devices taken from an eighteenth-century
criminal code, this crisply written account will engage all those
interested in torture's remarkable grip on European legal history.
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