Forgiveness Mercy And Clemency

Author : Austin Sarat,Nasser Hussain
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 0804753334

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Forgiveness, Mercy, and Clemency by Austin Sarat,Nasser Hussain Pdf

Arguments for forgiveness, mercy, and clemency abound. These arguments flourish in organized religion, fiction, philosophy, and law as well as in everyday conversations of daily life among parents and children, teachers and students, and criminals and those who judge them. As common as these arguments are, we are often left with an incomplete understanding of what we mean when we speak about them. This volume examines the registers of individual psychology, religious belief, social practice, and political power circulating in and around those who forgive, grant mercy, or pose clemency power. The authors suggest that, in many ways, necessary examinations of the questions of forgiveness and pardon and the connection between mercy and justice are only just beginning.

Author : Jeffrie G. Murphy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Forgiveness
ISBN : OCLC:1011737525

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Forgiveness and Mercy by Jeffrie G. Murphy Pdf

Author : Daniel Pascoe,Andrew Novak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000082258

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Executive Clemency by Daniel Pascoe,Andrew Novak Pdf

Nearly every country in the world has a mechanism for executive clemency, which, though residual in most legal systems, serves as a vital due process safeguard and as an outlet for leniency in punishment. While the origins of clemency lie in the historical prerogative powers of once-absolute rulers, modern clemency laws and practices have evolved to be enormously varied. This volume brings comparative and empirical analysis to bear on executive clemency, building a sociological and political context around systematically-collected data on clemency laws, grants, and decision-making. Some jurisdictions have elaborate constitutional and legal structures for pardoning or commuting a sentence while virtually never doing so, while others have little formal process and yet grant clemency frequently. Using examples from Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the USA, this comparative analysis of the law and the practice of clemency sheds light on a frequently misunderstood executive power. This book builds on existing academic scholarship and expands the limited geographical scope of prior research, which has tended to focus on North America, the UK, and Australia. It relays the latest state of knowledge on the topic and employs case studies, doctrinal legal analysis, historical research, and statements by clemency decision-making authorities, in explaining why clemency varies so considerably across global legal and political systems. In addition, it includes contributions encompassing international law, transitional justice, and innocence and wrongful convictions, as well as on jurisdictions that are historically under-researched. The book will be of value to practitioners, academics, and students interested in the fields of human rights, criminal law, comparative criminal justice, and international relations.

Author : Kathleen Dean Moore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1997-07-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195354263

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Pardons by Kathleen Dean Moore Pdf

In Pardons, Kathleen Dean Moore addresses a host of crucial questions surrounding acts of clemency, including what justifies pardoning power, who should be pardoned, and the definition of an unforgivable crime. Illustrating her arguments with rich and fascinating historical examples--some scandalous or funny, others inspiring or tragic--Moore examines the philosophy of pardons from King James II's practice of selling pardons for two shillings, through the debates of the Founding Fathers over pardoning power, to the record low number of pardons during recent U. S. administrations. Carefully analyzing the moral justification of clemency, Moore focuses on presidential pardons, revealing that over and over again--after the Civil War, after Prohibition, after the Vietnam War, and after Watergate--controversies about pardons have arisen at times when circumstances have prevented people from thinking dispassionately about them. Her groundbreaking study concludes with recommendations for the reform of presidential pardoning practices.

Author : Andrew Novak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317602644

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Comparative Executive Clemency by Andrew Novak Pdf

Virtually every constitutional order in the common law world contains a provision for executive clemency or pardon in criminal cases. This facility for legal mercy is not limited to a single place in modern legal systems, but is instead realized through various practices such as a law enforcement officer’s decision to arrest, a prosecutor’s decision to prosecute, and a judge’s decision to convict and sentence. Doubts about legal mercy in any form as unfair, unguided, or arbitrary are as ubiquitous as the exercise of mercy itself. This book presents a comparative analysis of the clemency and pardon power in the common law world. Andrew Novak compares the modern development, organization, and practice of constitutional and statutory schemes of clemency and pardon in the United Kingdom, United States, and Commonwealth jurisdictions. He asks whether the bureaucratization of the clemency power is in line with global trends, and explores how innovations in legislative involvement, judicial review, and executive consultation have made the mercy and pardon procedure more transparent. The book concludes with a discussion on the future of the clemency and pardon power given the decline of the death penalty in the Commonwealth and the rise of the modern institution of parole. As a work concerned with the practice of mercy in the common law world, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students of international and comparative criminal justice and international human rights law.

Author : Austin Sarat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139504836

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Merciful Judgments and Contemporary Society by Austin Sarat Pdf

Merciful Judgments and Contemporary Society: Legal Problems, Legal Possibilities explores the tension between law's need for and dependence on merciful judgments and suspicions that regularly accompany them. Rather than focusing primarily on definitional questions or the longstanding debate about the moral worth and importance of mercy, this book focuses on mercy as a part of, and problem for, law. This book is a product of the University of Alabama School of Law symposia series on 'Law, Knowledge and Imagination'. It explores the ways law is known and imagined in a diverse array of disciplines, including political science, history, cultural studies, philosophy and science. In addition, books produced through the Alabama symposia explore various conjunctions of law, knowledge and imagination as they play out in debates about theory and policy and speak to venerable questions as well as contemporary issues.

Author : Reverend Dane Wagner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1977081266

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Absolution by Reverend Dane Wagner Pdf

ab�so�lu�tion[ˌabsəˈl(y)o͞oSH(ə)n]NOUNformal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment.synonyms: forgiveness � pardon � exoneration � remission � dispensation � indulgence � clemency � mercy � discharge � acquittal � freedom � deliverance � release � [more]an ecclesiastical declaration of forgiveness of sins:God declares to you this day and everyday of your life that through Jesus Christ and His sacrifice you have:ABSOLUTION

Author : Charles Griswold
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521703512

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Forgiveness by Charles Griswold Pdf

The first comprehensive philosophical book on forgiveness in both its interpersonal and political contexts.

Author : J. Scott
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230106246

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A Poetics of Forgiveness by J. Scott Pdf

Despite recent interest in forgiveness and reconciliation, relatively little research has been conducted on forgiveness in literary studies. A Poetics of Forgiveness explores the profound links between creativity and forgiveness, and argues that creative production and interpretation can play a vital role in practices of forgiveness. Developing a model of "poetic forgiveness" through the work of Julia Kristeva, Jacques Derrida, and Kelly Oliver, A Poetics of Forgiveness asks how forgiveness is expressed in literature and other art forms, and what creative works can bring to secular debates on forgiveness and conflict resolution. Jill Scott explores these questions in a wide variety of historical and cultural contexts, from Homer s Iliad to 9/11 novels, from postwar Germany to post-Apartheid South Africa, in canonical texts and in diverse media, including film, photography, and testimony.

Author : Charles L. Griswold,David Konstan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521119481

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Ancient Forgiveness by Charles L. Griswold,David Konstan Pdf

In this book, eminent scholars of classical antiquity and ancient and medieval Judaism and Christianity explore the nature and place of forgiveness in the pre-modern Western world. They discuss whether the concept of forgiveness, as it is often understood today, was absent, or at all events more restricted in scope than has been commonly supposed, and what related ideas (such as clemency or reconciliation) may have taken the place of forgiveness. An introductory chapter reviews the conceptual territory of forgiveness and illuminates the potential breadth of the idea, enumerating the important questions a theory of the subject should explore. The following chapters examine forgiveness in the contexts of classical Greece and Rome; the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and Moses Maimonides; and the New Testament, the Church Fathers, and Thomas Aquinas.

Author : Aleksandra Babovic
Publisher : Springer
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811334771

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The Tokyo Trial, Justice, and the Postwar International Order by Aleksandra Babovic Pdf

Fully utilizing the latest archival material, this book provides a comprehensive, multi-dimensional and nuanced understanding of the Tokyo Tribunal by delving into the temporal aspects that extended the relevance and reverberations of the Tribunal beyond its end in 1948. With this as a backdrop, this book contributes to the study of Japanese postwar diplomacy. It shows the Tokyo Tribunal is still very much an experiment in progress, and how the process itself has helped Japan to quickly shed its imperial past and remain ambiguous as to its war responsibilities. From a wider vantage point, this book augments the existing scholarship of international criminal law and justice, offering a clear framework as to the limits of what international criminal tribunals can accomplish and offers a must-read for academics and students as well as for practitioners, journalists and policymakers interested in international criminal law and US-Japanese diplomatic history,

Author : Dane Wagner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1980449244

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Absolution by Dane Wagner Pdf

ab·so·lu·tion[ˌabsəˈl(y)o͞oSH(ə)n]NOUNformal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment.synonyms: forgiveness · pardon · exoneration · remission · dispensation · indulgence · clemency · mercy · discharge · acquittal · freedom · deliverance · release ·an ecclesiastical declaration of forgiveness of sins:God declares to you this day and everyday of your life that through Jesus Christ and His sacrifice you have:ABSOLUTIONGod's unfailing love stretches beyond anything a human being has done, is doing, or will do; Nothing that someone does can separate them from a loving God who created you with purpose, on purpose, and for a purpose. Through man's sin at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil God set into motion a redemptive act that would allow mankind to commune without spot or blemish with a Holy God by sending a piece of Him to take on earthly human form, live a life without sin, but die a death meant for the worst of sinners; IN YOUR PLACE AS SACRIFICE FOR ALL SIN. If Jesus died to bring forgiveness of your past sins, then every time you sinned Jesus would have to go back on the cross and die again for your sin. Jesus' death was a finished work of redemption meaning this - YOU are forgiven for past, present, and future sin; He was beaten, ridiculed, tortured, stabbed, spit on, mocked, died, went to the pit of hell to take back the keys of spiritual separation, and rose from the dead in a finished continual work to cover all humankinds sin, shortcomings, failures, disease, mistakes, and death itself to bring God's most beloved creation YOU back into right standing with God The Father.Absolution comes from the root word Absolute. It is a strong English word with definitive meaning; It is a word that expresses sharp complete and total completion. In this word God began to bring so much peace to me; It is human nature to think back and wish one did this differently or didn't go down that road; Maybe could erase a mistake or two and do a few things better. There is nothing wrong with thinking about your past; remembering the great accomplishments, reflecting on how you learned from this action or that encounter. It is really important though, not to fall into a trap of regret. The dean of students at a Bible college I attended was giving a lecture and asked the classroom this question: "How many of you would like to erase your mistakes?", the whole classroom raises their hands. "If you learn from your mistakes, it erase the mistake and turns it into a life lesson" - Pastor Todd Holmes. Regret can lead you down a road to depression that swallows someone from moving forward in a self inflicted force to undermine accomplishing great things for the kingdom of God. It is easy to go deep into thought about mistakes and after a short while it becomes a long winding road where your mind is only clouded with regret and you forget all the wonderful things God has done for you. The enemy of your soul fights on a minute by minute basis to try and distract you from living a full and meaningful life; One of the ways Satan tries to distract the believer is by putting thoughts into your head. The best way to avoid focusing on all the mistakes you may have made is by focusing on all the wonderful ways God has showed up for you and blessed you with life. Like I said it is great to learn from life; It is destructive to regret your life! In the chapters of this book we are going to focus on the amazing, absolute, complete, and total forgiveness God has granted to everyone living on planet earth through dissection of the Holy written Word of God; Through testimonies; Life stories; Inspirational quotations; And many other sources to bring wisdom and relevance to this subject of amazing grace and wonderful good news = The Gospel.

Author : Robert Hutchinson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300255300

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After Nuremberg by Robert Hutchinson Pdf

How the American High Commissioner for Germany set in motion a process that resulted in every non-death-row-inmate walking free after the Nuremberg trials After Nuremberg is about the fleeting nature of American punishment for German war criminals convicted at the twelve Nuremberg trials of 1946-1949. Because of repeated American grants of clemency and parole, ninety-seven of the 142 Germans convicted at the Nuremberg trials, many of them major offenders, regained their freedom years, sometimes decades, ahead of schedule. High-ranking Nazi plunderers, kidnappers, slave laborers, and mass murderers all walked free by 1958. High Commissioner for Occupied Germany John J. McCloy and his successors articulated a vision of impartial American justice as inspiring and legitimizing their actions, as they concluded that German war criminals were entitled to all the remedies American laws offered to better their conditions and reduce their sentences. Based on extensive archival research (including newly declassified material), this book explains how American policy makers' best intentions resulted in a series of decisions from 1949-1958 that produced a self-perpetuating bureaucracy of clemency and parole that "rehabilitated" unrepentant German abettors and perpetrators of theft, slavery, and murder while lending salience to the most reactionary elements in West German political discourse.

Author : James Champlin Fernald
Publisher : anboco
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783736411517

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English Synonyms and Antonyms with Notes on the Crect Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald Pdf

A Practical and Invaluable Guide to Clear and Precise Diction for Writers, Speakers, Students, Business and Professional. The English language is peculiarly rich in synonyms, as, with such a history, it could not fail to be. From the time of Julius Caesar, Britons, Romans, Northmen, Saxons, Danes, and Normans fighting, fortifying, and settling upon the HOI! of England, with Scotch and Irish contending 1 for mastery or existence across the mountain border and the Channel, and all fenced in together by the sea, could not but influence one another's speech. English merchants, Bailors, soldiers, and travelers, trading, warring, and exploring in every clime, of necessity brought back new terms of sea and shore, of shop and camp and battle-Held. English scholars have studied Greek and Latin for a thousand years, and the languages of the Continent and of the Orient in more recent times, English churchmen have introduced worda from Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, through Bible and prayer-book, sermon and tract. Prom all this it results that there is scarcely A language ever spoken among men that has not omo representative in English speech. The spirit of the Anglo-Saxon race, masterful in language as in war and commerce, han subjugated all these various elements to one idiom, making not a patchwork, but a composite language. An^lo-Saxon thrift, finding often several words that originally expressed the same, idea, has detailed them to different parts of the common territory or to different service, so that we have an almont unexampled variety of words, kindred in meaning but distinct in usage, for expressing almost every shade of human thought.

Author : Jonathan Rothchild,Matthew Myer Boulton,Kevin Jung
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813934228

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Doing Justice to Mercy by Jonathan Rothchild,Matthew Myer Boulton,Kevin Jung Pdf

It is often assumed that the law and religion address different spheres of human life. Religion and ethics articulate complex systems of moral reasoning that concern norms, deliberation of ends, cultivation of disposition, and transformation of moral agency. Law, in contrast, seeks to govern human conduct through procedural justice, rights, and public good. Doing Justice to Mercy challenges this assumption by presenting the reader with an urgent conversation between the law and religion that yields a constructive approach, both theoretically and practically, to the complex role of mercy in our legal process. Authored by legal practitioners, activists, and theorists in addition to theologians and ethicists, the essays collected here are informed by timeless principles, and yet they could not be timelier. The trend in sentencing moves toward an increased severity, and the number of incarcerated people in the United States is at an all-time high. In the half-decade since 9/11, moreover, homeland security has established itself as a permanent fixture in our lives. In this atmosphere, the current volume seeks initially to clarify how justice and mercy intertwine in relation to a number of issues, such as rehabilitation, the death penalty, domestic violence, and war crimes. Exploring the legal, philosophical, and theological grounds for mercy in our courts, the discussion then moves to the practical ways in which mercy may be implemented. Contributors:Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project * Lois Gehr Livezey, McCormick Theological Seminary * Ernie Lewis, Public Advocate, Commonwealth of Kentucky * Jonathan Rothchild, Loyola Marymount University * Albert W. Alschuler, Northwestern University School of Law * David Scheffer, Northwestern University School of Law * David Little, Harvard Divinity School * Matthew Myer Boulton, Andover Newton Theological School * Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary * Sarah Coakley, Cambridge University * William Schweiker, University of Chicago Divinity School * Kevin Jung, College of William and Mary * Peter J. Paris, Princeton Theological Seminary * W. Clark Gilpin, University of Chicago Divinity School * William C. Placher, Wabash College