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Sarat Austin

Forgiveness, mercy and clemency - Stanford Stanford University Press 2007 - 238p xi

Contents:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii;
CONTRIBUTORS XI;
Toward New Theoretical Perspectives on Forgiveness, Mercy, and Clemency: An Introduction 1
NASSE R HUSSAI N AN D AUSTI N SARA T;
Tempering or Tampering? Mercy and the Administration of Criminal Justice 16
CARO L S . STE I KE R;
Should Mercy Have a Place in Clemency Decisions? 36
DANIE L T . KOBI L;
The Merciful State 64
LINDA ROSS MEYER;
Revising the Past: On the Metaphysics of Repentance,;
Forgiveness, and Pardon 117
MEIR DAN-COHE N;
Comparative National Blaming: W. G. Sebald on the Bombing of Germany 138
B RUC E RO B BIN S;
Keeping the Peace 156
ADAM SITZE;
INDEX 225.


ISBN: 9780804753333

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Capital Punishment - Moral & Ethical Aspects2. Criminal Justice - Administration Of - U S A3. Clemency - Paradon

Dewey Class. No.: 364.630000 / SAR