Pardons: Justice, Mercy, and the Public Interest

by Kathleen Dean Moore

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Controversy has surrounded the issue of pardons throughout its long history, from God's commuting Cain's banishment, to Pontius Pilate's release of Barabbas, to recent speculations that Oliver North would be pardoned. Pardoning practices in Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Enlightenment varied drastically. The Norman kings, for example, readily granted pardons, while the philosophers of the Enlightenment argued vehemently against the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195058712

ISBN13:9780195058710

Release Date:June 1989

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.8" x 8.5"

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Education & Reference Ethics Ethics & Morality Humanities Jurisprudence Law Legal Theory & Systems Philosophy Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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