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When Should Law Forgive?

By Martha Minow
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Martha Minow, a renowned legal scholar, delves into the complex relationship between law, justice, and forgiveness. She examines when individuals, courts, and laws should forgive, balancing the reasons for withholding forgiveness with the potential for law to become more just through letting go of grievances. Forgiveness is portrayed as a means to enlarge the future rather than alter the past.
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Ideal for students and professionals of law, justice studies, and public policy, as well as readers interested in ethical questions about forgiveness within legal contexts.

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"Martha Minow is a voice of moral clarity: a lawyer arguing for forgiveness, a scholar arguing for evidence, a person arguing for compassion.”—Jill Lepore

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A towering and beloved figure in legal scholarship, Martha Minow explores the complicated intersection between law, justice, and forgiveness.

Should law encourage individuals to forgive? And when should the courts, public officials, and specific laws forgive?

With empathy and acumen, Minow acknowledges that there are certainly grounds for both individuals and societies to withhold forgiveness, but argues that there are also many places where letting go of justified grievances can make law more just, not less.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

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Stephen Greenblatt describes When Should Law Forgive? as an indispensable guide through the challenging questions of when a just legal system should offer forgiveness, highlighting the book's thoughtful and expert exploration of a legal minefield.

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ISBN: 9780393531749

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 August 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 211.0mm

Weight: 207g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Martha Minow is the 300th Anniversary University Professor and former dean of Harvard Law School, where she teaches courses on constitutional law and on law and social change. She has written many influential books and articles about law and society.

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