John T. Parry is Professor of Law at Lewis and Clark Law School. He is the author of Understanding Torture: Law, Violence, and Political Identity (2010), as well as numerous articles on issues relating to criminal law, civil rights, foreign relations law, and transnational and international criminal law. He is also co-author of Criminal Law: Cases, Statutes, and Lawyering Strategies (2005, 2nd edition 2010) and a member of the American Law Institute.