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When should law forgive? / Martha Minow.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020Description: 252 pages : illustration ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393531749
  • 0393531740
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 345/.077
LOC classification:
  • K 5135 M666w 2020
Contents:
Forgiving youth -- Forgiving debt -- Amnesties and pardons -- Reflections.
Summary: In an age increasingly defined by accusation and resentment, Martha Minow makes an eloquent, deeply-researched argument in favor of strengthening the role of forgiveness in the administration of law. Through three case studies, Minow addresses such foundational issues as: Who has the right to forgive? Who should be forgiven? And under what terms? The result is as lucid as it is compassionate: A compelling study of the mechanisms of justice by one of this country's foremost legal experts.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) K 5135 M666w 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000170298

"First published as a Norton paperback 2020"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forgiving youth -- Forgiving debt -- Amnesties and pardons -- Reflections.

In an age increasingly defined by accusation and resentment, Martha Minow makes an eloquent, deeply-researched argument in favor of strengthening the role of forgiveness in the administration of law. Through three case studies, Minow addresses such foundational issues as: Who has the right to forgive? Who should be forgiven? And under what terms? The result is as lucid as it is compassionate: A compelling study of the mechanisms of justice by one of this country's foremost legal experts.

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