Merciful Judgments and Contemporary Society: Legal Problems, Legal Possibilities

by Austin Sarat

Book Overview

Merciful Judgments in Contemporary Society: Legal Problems/Legal Possibilities explores the tension between law's need for and dependence on merciful judgments and suspicions that regularly accompany them. Rather than focusing primarily on definitional questions or the longstanding debate about the moral worth and importance of mercy, this book focuses on mercy as a part of, and problem, for law. Whether one starts from a worry about rules and discretion,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107614325
• ISBN13: 9781107614321
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"