Forgiveness, mercy, and clemency

Author(s)

• Sarat, Austin
• Hussain, Nasser

Bibliographic Information

Forgiveness, mercy, and clemency

edited by Austin Sarat and Nasser Hussain

Stanford University Press, 2007

• : cloth : alk. paper
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Toward new theoretical perspectives on forgiveness, mercy, and clemency : an introduction / Nasser Hussain and Austin Sarat
• Tempering or tampering? : mercy and the administration of criminal justice / Carol S. Steiker
• Should mercy have a place in clemency decisions? / Daniel T. Kobil
• The merciful state / Linda Ross Meyer
• Revising the past : on the metaphysics of repentance, forgiveness, and pardon / Meir Dan-Cohen
• Comparative national blaming : W.G. Sebald on the bombing of Germany / Bruce Robbins
• Keeping the peace / Adam Sitze

Details

• NCID: BA81797591
• ISBN:
  • 9780804753326
  • 9780804753333
• LCCN: 2006012940
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Stanford, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: 238 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : K5104
  • DC22 : 364.6/3
  • DC22 : 179.9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
  • LCSH : Clemency
  • LCSH : Pardon