Martha Minow

A propos de l'auteur

Martha Minow is the sooth Anniversary University Professor and former dean of the Harvard Law School. She has been globally honored as an expert in law, human rights, and responses to violence, beginning with her work with the Independent International Commission on Kosovo and the Imagine afficher plus Coexistence program for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. afficher moins

Comprend les noms: Martha L. Minow

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Œuvres de Martha Minow

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Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence (1998) 148 exemplaires

Making All the Difference: Inclusion, Exclusion, and American Law (1990) 53 exemplaires

Narrative, Violence, and the Law: The Essays of Robert Cover (1993) 38 exemplaires

When Should Law Forgive? (2019) 33 exemplaires

Engaging Cultural Differences: The Multicultural Challenge In Liberal Democracies (2002) — Directeur de publication — 24 exemplaires

In Brown's Wake (2010) 21 exemplaires

Frug's Women and the Law (1992) 20 exemplaires

Not Only for Myself: Identity, Politics, and the Law (1997) 18 exemplaires

Breaking the Cycles of Hatred: Memory, Law, and Repair (2002) 16 exemplaires

Partners, Not Rivals: Privatization and the Public Good (2002) 12 exemplaires

Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference (2008) 9 exemplaires

Saving the news : why the Constitution calls for government action to preserve freedom of speech (2021) 6 exemplaires

Family Matters: Readings on Family Lives and the Law (1993) 3 exemplaires

The First Global Prosecutor: Promise and Constraints (2015) 3 exemplaires

Upstanders, whistle-blowers, and rescuers (2016) 2 exemplaires

Daedalus, Winter 1993: America's Childhood 2 exemplaires

Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Context (Aspen Casebook Series) 1 exemplaire

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The State of the Language [1990] (1979) — Contributeur — 88 exemplaires

Feminist Legal Theory: A Primer (Critical America) (2006) — Avant-propos — 26 exemplaires

Outside the Law: Narratives on Justice in America (1997) — Avant-propos — 18 exemplaires

A Federal Right to Education: Fundamental Questions for Our Democracy (2019) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 2 exemplaires

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When Should Law Forgive? par Martha Minow

Short book about law and forgiveness. Good but I guess I hoped for a little more. Forgiveness is not really a legal concept, although Minow makes a good case for how law could be better if it could better incorporate aspects of forgiveness. She had a very interesting discussion about “child soldiers” in conflict zones and compared them to very young gang members here at home. How do you respond to victimized and traumatized children who commit atrocities? And how do you respond to their victims?

I wish she had spent a bit more time fully defining forgiveness. I guess next up for me is to read this piece at my favorite philosophy reference site: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/forgiveness/

Minow ended her book with a beautiful quote from Paul Boese: “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”… (plus d'informations)

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steve02476 | Jan 3, 2023 |

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