Forgiveness Work - Mercy, Law, and Victims'' Rights in Iran

About the author

Arzoo Osanloo is associate professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice and the director of the Middle East Center at the University of Washington. She is the author of The Politics of Women’s Rights in Iran (Princeton).

Summary

A remarkable look at an understudied feature of the Iranian justice system, where forgiveness is as much a right of victims as retributionIran's criminal courts are notorious for meting out severe sentences-according to Amnesty International, the country has the world's highest rate of capital punishment per capita. Less known to outside observ

Product details

• Authors: Arzoo Osanloo
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2020
• EAN: 9780691172040
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17204-0
• No. of pages: 358
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Islamic Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Ethical Issues: Capital Punishment, Social groups: religious groups and communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Capital Punishment