Geometrical Justice

Author : Scott Phillips,Mark Cooney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000599343

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Geometrical Justice by Scott Phillips,Mark Cooney Pdf

Legal decisions continue to mystify: why was this person sentenced to 20 years in prison, but that person to just 10 years for the same crime? Why did one person sue for civil damages, but another let the matter drop? Legal rules are supposed to answer these questions, but their answers are radically incomplete. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a theory that predicted and explained legal decisions? Drawing on Donald Black’s theoretical ideas, Geometrical Justice: The Death Penalty in America addresses these issues, focusing specifi cally on who is sentenced to death and executed in the United States. The book explains why some murders are more serious than others and how the social characteristics of defendants, victims, and jurors aff ect case outcomes. Building on the most rigorous data in the field, the authors reveal wide discrepancies in capital punishment – why one person lives, but another person dies. Geometrical Justice will be of interest to those engaged in criminal justice, criminology, and socio- legal studies, as well as students taking courses on sentencing, corrections, and capital punishment.

Author : Musa Usman Abubakar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509915101

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Gender Justice in Islamic Law by Musa Usman Abubakar Pdf

This book seeks to interrogate the classical fiqh formulation on gender and homicide with a view to exploring further the debate on whether the so-called gender injustice in Islamic law is a human creation or attributable to the divine sources of the Qur'an and Sunnah. The study is in response to the increasing criticism of the Islamic criminal law regime and the accusation that it discriminates on the basis of gender. It argues that any attempt to critique a religious question through the lens of traditional Western human rights ideals would be resisted by the vast majority of Muslims. An examination of the question and any suggested solutions offered would be much more effective if situated within the system they identify with; that is to address the question of gender justice deficit from within the Islamic legal tradition. Focusing on Nigeria and Pakistan, the book achieves this by drawing on classical fiqh literature, contemporary literature, legislative sources and relevant case law.

Author : T. K. Dunseath
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400879120

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Spenser's Allegory of Justice in Book Five of the Fairie Queen by T. K. Dunseath Pdf

"The importance of Dunseath's study is that it proposes an original interpretation of the allegory of The Faerie Queene, Book V, and a fresh theory of its poetic function.... It brings new material into play, and offers a sensible, integrated reading of many of the poem’s most important passages, so that it may well prove a pace-setter for this kind of Spenserian study."—Alastair Fowler, Brasenose College, Oxford. Originally published in 1968. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Manuel Knoll,Stephen Snyder,Nurdane Şimsek
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110536201

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New Perspectives on Distributive Justice by Manuel Knoll,Stephen Snyder,Nurdane Şimsek Pdf

Distributive justice is one of the most discussed topics in political philosophy. Focusing on the plurality of irreconcilable conceptions of social and political justice, this book presents an array of new perspectives on the topic. Bringing together 30 original essays of well-established and young international scholars, the volume is essential reading for anyone interested in social and political justice.

Author : Carl-Henric Grenholm,Goran Gunner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781625648891

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Justification in a Post-Christian Society by Carl-Henric Grenholm,Goran Gunner Pdf

Since the Reformation in the sixteenth century, Lutheran traditions have had a great impact on culture and politics in many societies. At the same time Lutheran churches have impacted personal faith, basic morality, and ethics. Modern society, however, is quite different from the time of the Reformation. How should we evaluate Lutheran tradition in today's Western multicultural and post-Christian society? Is it possible to develop a Lutheran theological position that can be regarded as reasonable in a society that evidences a considerable weakening of the role of Christianity? What are the challenges raised by cultural diversity for a Lutheran theology and ethics? Is it possible to develop a Lutheran identity in a multicultural society, and is there any fruitful Lutheran contribution to the coexistence of different religious and nonreligious traditions in the future?

Author : Sarah Mortimer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199674886

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Reformation, Resistance, and Reason of State (1517-1625) by Sarah Mortimer Pdf

This volume charts the development of political thought between 1517-1625. Drawing on a wide range of sources from Europe and beyond, it offers a new reading of early modern political thought, making connections between Christian Europe and the Muslim societies that lay to its south and east.

Author : Brian Taylor
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781304624796

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No More Suffering Fools by Brian Taylor Pdf

Collected from the works of philosophy and social criticism of Brian C. Taylor from 2006 to 2013, this anthology contains everything of value written so far. This collection also has unpublished works formerly unavailable online or in book form.

Author : Samuel Austin Allibone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Quotations, English
ISBN : HARVARD:HXDV6C

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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay by Samuel Austin Allibone Pdf

Author : C.E.F. Rickett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847314352

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Justifying Private Law Remedies by C.E.F. Rickett Pdf

In August 2006 the third Australian Obligations Conference was hosted in Brisbane by the TC Beirne School of Law. The theme of the Conference was “Justifying Private Law Remedies”. This book contains a number of the papers delivered at that Conference, presented under several categories but all dealing with the fundamental issue of justification: General Concepts; Performance; Compensation; Punishment; and Restitution and Disgorgement. The authors are largely drawn from the legal academy, and include Canadian, Australian, British and New Zealand scholars. The collection will be of interest to all those concerned with the role, nature and place of remedies in the private law of the common law world.

Author : Samuel Austin Allibone
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385513884

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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay by Samuel Austin Allibone Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350253490

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A Cultural History of Money in the Renaissance by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

In a time before large banking systems, and with paper money just in its infancy, money during the Renaissance meant coinage (mainly gold and silver) and local credit systems. These monetary forms had a significant influence on the ways in which money was understood throughout the period, and shaped discussions on such topics as the meaning of monetary value, the economic, political, religious, and aesthetic uses of coinage, the moral implications of usury and credit systems, and the importance of reputation, both at the state and individual levels. Crucial to the transformation of ideas about money in the period was the growing awareness that the individuals, up to and including the monarch, were powerless to overcome the market forces that determined value and directed the movement of goods and money. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, A Cultural History of Money in the Renaissance presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of technologies, ideas, ritual and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the issues of the age.

Author : Rachel Z. Friedman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226731094

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Probable Justice by Rachel Z. Friedman Pdf

Decades into its existence as a foundational aspect of modern political and economic life, the welfare state has become a political cudgel, used to assign blame for ballooning national debt and tout the need for personal responsibility. At the same time, it affects nearly every citizen and permeates daily life—in the form of pension, disability, and unemployment benefits, healthcare and parental leave policies, and more. At the core of that disjunction is the question of how we as a society decide who should get what benefits—and how much we are willing to pay to do so. Probable Justice​ traces a history of social insurance from the eighteenth century to today, from the earliest ideas of social accountability through the advanced welfare state of collective responsibility and risk. At the heart of Rachel Z. Friedman’s investigation is a study of how probability theory allows social insurance systems to flexibly measure risk and distribute coverage. The political genius of social insurance, Friedman shows, is that it allows for various accommodations of needs, risks, financing, and political aims—and thereby promotes security and fairness for citizens of liberal democracies.

Author : Allan Beever
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191662997

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Forgotten Justice by Allan Beever Pdf

Throughout much of the history of political philosophy, many of the great philosophers begin their work with an investigation of private law. Why is this? And why is the central focus of our modern concern, the state, examined so late in their works? This book suggests an answer to these and related questions. It reveals that there are two general ways of thinking about the legal and the political: the modern which sees all through the lens of the state, and the traditional which begins with individuals and with the normative relations that exist between them building only slowly towards the community and the state. In the modern view, private law is understood as a method for achieving certain social goals. As such, it can be overlooked by political philosophy. For the traditional view, on the other hand, private law is of central philosophical importance, because it is there that we observe a society's enunciation of its most fundamental political and legal values. Arguing that an understanding of the traditional view is essential to an understanding of private law and political life, this book highlights how the modern conception is seriously distorting in this regard. A story unfolds throughout the chapters: the story of the growth and decline of the traditional view in political and legal thought. It challenges the modern fixation with the state, arguing for a return to the traditional view of legal and political community.

Author : Rebecca Zorach
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 0226989372

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Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold by Rebecca Zorach Pdf

Most people would be hard pressed to name a famous artist from Renaissance France. Yet sixteenth-century French kings believed they were the heirs of imperial Rome and commissioned a magnificent array of visual arts to secure their hopes of political ascendancy with images of overflowing abundance. With a wide-ranging yet richly detailed interdisciplinary approach, Rebecca Zorach examines the visual culture of the French Renaissance, where depictions of sacrifice, luxury, fertility, violence, metamorphosis, and sexual excess are central. Zorach looks at the cultural, political, and individual roles that played out in these artistic themes and how, eventually, these aesthetics of exuberant abundance disintegrated amidst perceptions of decadent excess. Throughout the book, abundance and excess flow in liquids-blood, milk, ink, and gold-that highlight the materiality of objects and the human body, and explore the value (and values) accorded to them. The arts of the lavish royal court at Fontainebleau and in urban centers are here explored in a vibrant tableau that illuminates our own contemporary relationship to excess and desire. From marvelous works by Francois Clouet to oversexed ornamental prints to Benvenuto Cellini's golden saltcellar fashioned for Francis I, Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold covers an astounding range of subjects with precision and panache, producing the most lucid, well-rounded portrait of the cultural politics of the French Renaissance to date.

Author : Donato Ogliari
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114677649

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Gratia Et Certamen by Donato Ogliari Pdf