Knowing the Suffering of Others : Legal Perspectives on Pain and Its Meanings

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In Knowing the Suffering of Others, legal scholar Austin Sarat brings together essays that address suffering as it relates to the law, highlighting the ways law imagines suffering and how pain and suffering become jurisprudential facts. From fetal imaging to end-of-life decisions, torts to internati...

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Autor principal: Sarat, Austin
Otros Autores: Witt, John Fabian, Suk, Jeannie, Render, Meredith M., Meyer, Linda Ross, Keating, Gregory, Hobbs, Steven, Fair, Brian K., Durham, Alan L., Caruth, Cathy, Carodine, Montre D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Law > Psychological aspects.
Jurisprudence.
Forensic psychiatry.
Law.
LAW > Reference.
LAW > Practical Guides.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Essays.
law (discipline)
Droit.
Droit > Aspect psychologique.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Knowing the Suffering of Others, legal scholar Austin Sarat brings together essays that address suffering as it relates to the law, highlighting the ways law imagines suffering and how pain and suffering become jurisprudential facts. From fetal imaging to end-of-life decisions, torts to international human rights, domestic violence to torture, and the law of war to victim impact statements, the law is awash in epistemological and ethical problems associated with knowing and imagining suffering. In each of these domains we might ask: How well do legal actors perceive and u.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (263 pages).
ISBN:9780817387419

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