Mea Culpa: Lessons on Law and Regret from U.S. History

by Steven W. Bender

Book Overview

In Mea Culpa, Steven W. Bender examines how the United States' collective shame about its past has shaped the evolution of law and behavior. We regret slavery and segregationist Jim Crow laws. We eventually apologize, while ignoring other oppressions, and our legal response to regret often fails to be transformative for the affected groups. By examining policies and practices that have affected the lives of
groups that have been historically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479899623
• ISBN13: 9781479899623
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"