Getting Even
Subtitle: Revenge As a Form of Justice
Publisher: Open Court
Published: June 18, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780812694024
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Violence in society; Reference; Lex talionis; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; Revenge; General; Philosophy / Political; Philosophy; Punishment
First sentence: The above aphorisms capture well the divergent attitudes that the idea of revenge often evokes.