Getting Even
Subtitle: Revenge As a Form of Justice
Publisher: Open Court
Published: September 21, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780812694017
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Violence in society; Punishment; Philosophy Of Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; General; Reference; LAW000000; Philosophy / Political; Lex talionis; Philosophy; Revenge
First sentence: The above aphorisms capture well the divergent attitudes that the idea of revenge often evokes.