Forgiveness, mercy, and clemency
By: edited by Austin Sarat and Nasser Hussain
Contributors: Sarat, Austin; Hussain, Nasser, 1965-
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780804753326; 9780804753333
Subjects: Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States; Clemency; Pardon
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Toward new theoretical perspectives on forgiveness, mercy, and clemency : an introduction / Nasser Hussain and Austin Sarat; title: Tempering or tampering? Mercy and the administration of criminal justice / Carol S. Steiker; title: Should mercy have a place in clemency decisions? / Daniel T. Kobil; title: The merciful state / Linda Ross Meyer; title: Revising the past : on the metaphysics of repentance, forgiveness, and pardon / Meir Dan-Cohen; title: Comparative national blaming : W.G. Sebald on the bombing of Germany / Bruce Robbins; title: Keeping the peace / Adam Sitze