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Revenge versus Legality : Wild Justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib.
In the wake of Guantanamo Bay, extraordinary renditions, and secret torture centres in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, this book addresses the relationship between law and wild or vigilante justice - between the power to enforce retribution and the desire to seek revenge.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2010.
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| Colección: | Birkbeck Law Press.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Revenge and the detective tradition: When dogs don't bark and detectives don't tell; Chapter 3 Some like it wild: Supernatural revenge in Sheridan Le Fanu's "Mr. Justice Harbottle"; Chapter 4 Law and the romantic ego: Conspiracy and justice in Honor de Balzac's Le Pre Goriot; Chapter 5 Justice, race, and revenge in Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson; Chapter 6 The empire strikes back: Imperialism and justice in E.M. Forster's A Passage to India.
- Chapter 7 Race, sex, fear, revenge in Richard Wright's Native SonChapter 8 State terrorism and revenge in Andr Brink's A Dry White Season; Chapter 9 Rogue cops and beltway vigilantes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.