Merciful judgments and contemporary society legal problems, legal possibilities /

"Merciful Judgments in Contemporary Society: Legal Problems/Legal Possibilities explores the tension between law's need for and dependence on merciful judgments and suspicions that regularly accompany them. Rather than focusing primarily on definitional questions or the longstanding debate...

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Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. The place of mercy in legal discourse Robert A. Ferguson; 2. Commentary on chapter 1: response to professor Robert A. Ferguson's the place of mercy in legal discourse Jamie Leonard; 3. Mercy, crime control, and moral credibility Paul H. Robinson; 4. Commentary on chapter 2: thoughts on mercy and self-examination: a response to Paul Robinson William Brewbaker; 5. Defending a role for mercy in a criminal justice system James Staihar and Stephen Macedo; 6. Commentary on chapter 3: commentary on defending a role for mercy in a criminal justice system Pamela Pierson; 7. Actions of mercy Alice Ristroph; 8. Commentary on chapter 4: reflections on Alice Ristroph's actions of mercy Steven H. Hobbs; 9. A Feminist view of mercy, judgment, and the 'exception' in the context of transitional justice Susan H. Williams; 10. Commentary on chapter 5: the interpretative process: feminist reconstructions Timothy Hoff.