When Should Law Forgive

Informationen zum Autor Martha Minow is the 300th Anniversary University Professor and former dean of Harvard Law School, where she teaches courses on constitutional law and on law and social change. She has written many influential books and articles about law and society. Klappentext A towering and beloved figure in legal scholarship, Martha Minow explores the complicated intersection between law, justice and forgiveness, asking whether law should encourage individuals to forgive and when the courts, public officials and specific laws should forgive. Examining these questions through sometimes troubling cases with compassion and acumen, Minow acknowledges that there are grounds for both individuals and societies to withhold forgiveness but argues that there are also many places where letting go of justified grievances can make law more just, not less. This type of lawful forgiveness might also nudge individuals and societies towards the respect and generosity that comes with apology and restitution. Forgiveness does not change the past but it does enlarge the future. Zusammenfassung What can forgiveness achieve in this age of resentment?

Product details

• Authors: Martha Minow, Minow Martha
• Publisher: Norton W W Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780393081763
• ISBN: 978-0-393-08176-3
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, LAW / Judicial Power, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Judicial Review, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Legal systems: judges and judicial powers