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Autore |
Maynard Katherine |
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Titolo |
Revenge versus legality : wild justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib / / Katherine Maynard, Jarod Kearney and James Guimond |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Birkbeck Law Press, , 2010 |
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1-136-99012-7 |
1-282-58680-7 |
9786612586804 |
0-203-85437-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GuimondJames |
KearneyJarod |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Criminal justice, Administration of |
Vigilantes |
Rule of law |
Terrorism - Prevention |
Revenge |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-208) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Revenge and the detective tradition : when dogs don't bark, and detectives don't tell -- Some like it wild : supernatural revenge in Sheridan Le Fanu's Mr. Justice / Harbottle -- Law and the romantic ego : conspiracy and justice in Honoré de Balzac's Le Père Goriot -- Justice, race, and revenge in Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson -- The empire strikes back : imperialism and justice in E.M. Forster's A passage to India -- Race, sex, fear, revenge in Richard Wright's Native son -- State terrorism and revenge in Andre Brink's A dry white season -- Rogue cops and beltway vigilantes. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the wake of Guantanamo Bay, extraordinary renditions, and secret torture centres in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, Revenge versus Legality addresses the relationship between law and wild or vigilante justice; between the power to enforce retribution and the desire to seek |
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revenge. Taking up a variety of narratives from the eras of Romanticism, Realism, Modernism and the Contemporary period, and including new theories to explain the interactions that occur between legalistic courtroom justice and the vigilante variety, Revenge versus Legality analyzes some of the main obs |
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