03531oam 2200793I 450 991096457720332120251117004916.01-136-99011-91-136-99012-71-282-58680-797866125868040-203-85437-310.4324/9780203854372 (CKB)2670000000018596(EBL)515326(OCoLC)630537642(SSID)ssj0000402085(PQKBManifestationID)11313747(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000402085(PQKBWorkID)10425690(PQKB)11155702(MiAaPQ)EBC515326(Au-PeEL)EBL515326(CaPaEBR)ebr10389386(CaONFJC)MIL258680(OCoLC)645626485(OCoLC)649905831(FINmELB)ELB159732(EXLCZ)99267000000001859620180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRevenge versus legality wild justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib /Katherine Maynard, Jarod Kearney and James Guimond1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledge2010Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Birkbeck Law Press,2010.1 online resource (229 p.)Birkbeck Law PressDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-69772-7 0-415-56016-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-208) and index.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.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 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 obsBirkbeck law press (Series)Criminal justice, Administration ofVigilantesRule of lawTerrorismPreventionRevengeCriminal justice, Administration of.Vigilantes.Rule of law.TerrorismPrevention.Revenge.809.3/93556Maynard Katherine.1872842Guimond James1872843Kearney Jarod1872844MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964577203321Revenge versus legality4482675UNINA