The Sense of Justice: Empathy in Law and Punishment

by Markus D. Dubber

In The Sense of Justice, distinguished legal author Markus Dirk Dubber undertakes a critical analysis of the "sense of justice" an overused, yet curiously understudied, concept in modern legal and political discourse. Courts cite it, scholars measure it, presidential candidates prize it, eulogists praise it, criminals lack it, and commentators bemoan its loss in times of war. But what is it? Often, the sense of justice is dismissed as little more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814719732
• ISBN13: 9780814719732
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"