Court Of Remorse

Author : Thierry Cruvellier
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780299236731

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Court of Remorse by Thierry Cruvellier Pdf

When genocidal violence gripped Rwanda in 1994, the international community recoiled, hastily withdrawing its peacekeepers. Late that year, in an effort to redeem itself, the United Nations Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to seek accountability for some of the worst atrocities since World War II: the genocide suffered by the Tutsi and crimes against humanity suffered by the Hutu. But faced with competing claims, the prosecution focused exclusively on the crimes of Hutu extremists. No charges would be brought against the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front, which ultimately won control of the country. The UN, as if racked by guilt for its past inaction, gave in to pressure by Rwanda’s new leadership. With the Hutu effectively silenced, and the RPF constantly reminding the international community of its failure to protect the Tutsi during the war, the Tribunal pursued an unusual form of one-sided justice, born out of contrition. Fascinated by the Tribunal’s rich complexities, journalist Thierry Cruvellier came back day after day to watch the proceedings, spending more time there than any other outside observer. Gradually he gained the confidence of the victims, defendants, lawyers, and judges. Drawing on interviews with these protagonists and his close observations of their interactions, Cruvellier takes readers inside the courtroom to witness the motivations, mechanisms, and manipulations of justice as it unfolded on the stage of high-stakes, global politics. It is this ground-level view that makes his account so valuable—and so absorbing. A must-read for those who want to understand the dynamics of international criminal tribunals, Court of Remorse reveals both the possibilities and the challenges of prosecuting human rights violations. A Choice Outstanding Academic Book Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association for School Libraries and the Public Library Association Best Books for High Schools, selected by the American Association for School Libraries

Author : Steven Tudor,Richard Weisman,Michael Proeve,Kate Rossmanith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429673016

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Remorse and Criminal Justice by Steven Tudor,Richard Weisman,Michael Proeve,Kate Rossmanith Pdf

This multi-disciplinary collection brings together original contributions to present the best of current thinking about the nature and place of remorse in the context of criminal justice. Despite the widespread and long-standing nature of interest in offender remorse, the topic has until recently been peripheral in academic studies. The authors are scholars from North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, South Africa and Australia, from diverse academic disciplines. They reflect on the role of remorse in law, for better or for worse; on how expressions of remorse are affected by the legal contexts in which they arise; and on the impact of these expressions on the individual, the court and the community. The work is divided into four parts – Part I Judging Remorse addresses issues concerning the task of assessing remorse in the courtroom, usually prior to determining sentence. Part II Remorse Beyond the Courtroom explores the place and significance of remorse in various post-court settings. Part III Remorse, War and Social Trauma addresses remorse in the context of political violence and social trauma in the former Yugoslavia and South Africa. Finally, Part IV Reflections seeks to underscore the multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary nature of the collection as a whole, through personal and disciplinary reflections on remorse. The work provides a showcase for how diverse academic disciplines can be brought together through a focus on a common topic. As such, the collection will become a standard reference work for further research across a range of disciplines and promote inter-disciplinary dialogue.

Author : Michael Proeve,Steven Tudor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317066644

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Remorse by Michael Proeve,Steven Tudor Pdf

Remorse is a powerful, important and yet academically neglected emotion. This book, one of the very few extended examinations of remorse, draws on psychology, law and philosophy to present a unique interdisciplinary study of this intriguing emotion. The psychological chapters examine the fundamental nature of remorse, its interpersonal effects, and its relationship with regret, guilt and shame. A practical focus is also provided in an examination of the place of remorse in psychotherapeutic interventions with criminal offenders. The book's jurisprudential chapters explore the problem of how offender remorse is proved in court and the contentious issues concerning the effect that remorse - and its absence - should have on sentencing criminal offenders. The legal and psychological perspectives are then interwoven in a discussion of the role of remorse in restorative justice. In Remorse: Psychological and Jurisprudential Perspectives, Proeve and Tudor bring together insights of neighbouring disciplines to advance our understanding of remorse. It will be of interest to theoreticians in psychology, law and philosophy, and will be of benefit to practising psychologists and lawyers.

Author : Richard Weisman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317055099

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Showing Remorse by Richard Weisman Pdf

Whether or not wrongdoers show remorse and how they show remorse are matters that attract great interest both in law and in popular culture. In capital trials in the United States, it can be a question of life or death whether a jury believes that a wrongdoer showed remorse. And in wrongdoings that capture the popular imagination, public attention focuses not only on the act but on whether the perpetrator feels remorse for what they did. But who decides when remorse should be shown or not shown and whether it is genuine or not genuine? In contrast to previous academic studies on the subject, the primary focus of this work is not on whether the wrongdoer meets these expectations over how and when remorse should be shown but on how the community reacts when these expectations are met or not met. Using examples drawn from Canada, the United States, and South Africa, the author demonstrates that the showing of remorse is a site of negotiation and contention between groups who differ about when it is to be expressed and how it is to be expressed. The book illustrates these points by looking at cases about which there was conflict over whether the wrongdoer should show remorse or whether the feelings that were shown were sincere. Building on the earlier analysis, the author shows that the process of deciding when and how remorse should be expressed contributes to the moral ordering of society as a whole. This book will be of interest to those in the fields of sociology, law, law and society, and criminology.

Author : Bert Ingelaere
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299309701

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Inside Rwanda's /Gacaca/ Courts by Bert Ingelaere Pdf

Comprehensively documents how local courts after the Rwandan genocide gradually shifted from confession to accusation, from restoration to retribution.

Author : Kate Rossmanith
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781743585566

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Small Wrongs by Kate Rossmanith Pdf

Author : Bill Press
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781476792897

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Buyer's Remorse by Bill Press Pdf

"The prominent liberal syndicated radio and television host concisely explains the many ways President Obama has failed to live up to either his promises or his progressive potential, leaving Democrats disillusioned on the issues that matter most"--

Author : Vonda Loretta Pelto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000123930731

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Without Remorse by Vonda Loretta Pelto Pdf

"After the suicide of Vernon Butts, a freeway killer who was housed in the Los Angeles County men's jail, the Los Angeles Mental Health Department was determined to keep the Los Angeles serial killers alive. Vonda Pelto, a psychologist, was selected for the task. Vonda's assignment was to meet with the serial killers daily and prevent them from harming themselves. Without Remorse traces Vonda's surreal experience as she balanced a family life while spending her days with such notorious killers as Kenneth Bianchi (Hillside Strangler) and William Bonin (Freeway Killer) among others. During those years she developed personal relationships with these men and recorded her observations."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Great Britain: Ministry of Justice
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 0101838824

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Swift and sure justice: by Great Britain: Ministry of Justice Pdf

This White Paper sets out the Government's programme of reforms to the criminal justice system in England and Wales. It is in part a response to the commitment given by the Prime Minister to learn the lessons from the highly effective and rapid reaction of the criminal justice agencies to last summer's disturbances. This Paper sets out the programme already in train across the criminal justice services to tackle delay and waste, increase accountability and transparency and improve public confidence. The White Paper sets out to reform the criminal justice system by: (i) Creating a swift and sure system of justice; (ii) Making it more transparent, accountable and responsive to local needs.

Author : June Price Tangney,Ronda L. Dearing
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1572309873

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Shame and Guilt by June Price Tangney,Ronda L. Dearing Pdf

This volume reports on the growing body of knowledge on shame and guilt, integrating findings from the authors' original research program with other data emerging from social, clinical, personality, and developmental psychology. Evidence is presented to demonstrate that these universally experienced affective phenomena have significant implications for many aspects of human functioning, with particular relevance for interpersonal relationships. --From publisher's description.

Author : Debbie Levy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781481465601

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I Dissent by Debbie Levy Pdf

Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—in the first picture book about her life—as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable! Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing against unfair treatment, and standing up for what’s right for people everywhere. This biographical picture book about the Notorious RBG, tells the justice’s story through the lens of her many famous dissents, or disagreements.

Author : Judicial Commission of New South Wales
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
ISBN : 0731356136

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Sentencing Bench Book by Judicial Commission of New South Wales Pdf

This book contains commentary on three key sentencing statutes, and on sentencing law for nine offence categories.

Author : Stewart Field,Cyrus Tata
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509939923

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Criminal Justice and The Ideal Defendant in the Making of Remorse and Responsibility by Stewart Field,Cyrus Tata Pdf

This book investigates how defendants are assessed by criminal justice decisionmakers, such as judges, lawyers, probation officers, parole board members and those involved in restorative justice. What attitudes and emotions are defendants expected to show? How are these expectations communicated? The book argues that defendants, at various stages of the criminal justice process, are expected to show a (more or less) free acceptance of guilt and individual responsibility along with a display of 'appropriate' emotions, ideally including 'genuine' remorse. It examines why such expressions of individual responsibility and remorse are so important to decision-makers and the state. With contributors from across the world, the book opens new comparative possibilities and research agendas.

Author : Serge Brammertz,Michelle J. Jarvis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198768562

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Prosecuting Conflict-related Sexual Violence at the ICTY by Serge Brammertz,Michelle J. Jarvis Pdf

Documenting the experiences, achievements, challenges, and fundamental insights of the Office of the Prosecutor in prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence crimes at the ICTY, this volume analyses and recommends ways to overcome the obstacles faced in prioritizing, investigating and prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence crimes.

Author : Stephanos Bibas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780195374681

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The Machinery of Criminal Justice by Stephanos Bibas Pdf

The Machinery of Criminal Justice explores the transformation of the criminal justice system and considers how criminal justice could better accommodate lay participation, values, and relationships.