Justice for the PastAmong the most controversial issues in the United States is the question of whether public or private agencies should adopt preferential treatment programs or be required to pay reparations for slavery. Using a carefully reasoned philosophical approach, Stephen Kershnar argues that programs such as affirmative action and calls for slavery reparations are unjust for three reasons.
Added by: Cheramie | Karma: 275.78 | Fiction literature | 20 January 2010
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Change of Heart: A Novel by Jodi Picoult
Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth?
One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen.
Utilizing Foucault's genealogical method, this book traces the history and development of the victim from feudal law, arguing that the historical power of the victim to police, prosecute, and punish offenders significantly informed the development of the modern criminal law and justice system. Leading to the repositioning of the victim into the twenty-first century, this book advocates the victim as an agent of change, presenting a new perspective for the relevance of the victim in today's justice system.
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Also published in the United States as 'The Delta Decision'.
Wild Justice contains in full measure all the elements that the name of Wilbur Smith promises: pace, tension, complex but satisfying plotting, strong love interest, vivid scenes of action and a complete grasp of the subject.
It is a novel which powerfully reinforces Wilbur Smith's claim to be one of the world's leading writers of adventure.
Added by: oksana_ukma | Karma: 13.56 | Fiction literature | 19 February 2009
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One of the most famous Le Carre's spy novels. It is a controversial fiction about Israeli-Palestinian conflict which upon its publication managed to offend both Palestinians and Israelis by presenting the justice of both of their causes and the savagery of both sides' methods.
Utilizing Foucault's genealogical method, this book traces the history and development of the victim from feudal law, arguing that the historical power of the victim to police, prosecute, and punish offenders significantly informed the development of the modern criminal law and justice system. Leading to the repositioning of the victim into the twenty-first century, this book advocates the victim as an agent of change, presenting a new perspective for the relevance of the victim in today's justice system.
