A Question of Retribution?

A Question of Retribution?
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Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 0197266789
ISBN-13 : 9780197266786
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis A Question of Retribution? by : David Canadine

Through previously unpublished documents, this volume revisits the public furore 40 years ago when the British Academy chose not to expel from its Fellowship the eminent art historian, Anthony Blunt, who had been exposed as a former Soviet spy. David Cannadine portrays the main characters in this episode which rocked the academic establishment.

Forgiveness and Retribution

Forgiveness and Retribution
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9781107394421
ISBN-13 : 1107394422
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Forgiveness and Retribution by : Margaret R. Holmgren

Forgiveness and Retribution: Responding to Wrongdoing argues that ultimately, forgiveness is always the appropriate response to wrongdoing. In recent decades, many philosophers have claimed that unless certain conditions are met, we should resent those who have wronged us personally and that criminal offenders deserve to be punished. Conversely, Margaret Holmgren posits that we should forgive those who have ill-treated us, but only after working through a process of addressing the wrong. Holmgren then reflects on the kinds of laws and social practices a properly forgiving society would adopt.

Five Midnights

Five Midnights
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Publisher : Tor Teen
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781250296085
ISBN-13 : 1250296080
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Five Midnights by : Ann Dávila Cardinal

Ann Dávila Cardinal's Five Midnights is a “wickedly thrilling” (William Alexander) and “flat-out unputdownable” (Paul Tremblay) novel based on the el Cuco myth set against the backdrop of modern day Puerto Rico. 2019 Digital Book World Award Winner for best Suspense/Horror Book Five friends cursed. Five deadly fates. Five nights of retribución. If Lupe Dávila and Javier Utierre can survive each other’s company, together they can solve a series of grisly murders sweeping though Puerto Rico. But the clues lead them out of the real world and into the realm of myths and legends. And if they want to catch the killer, they'll have to step into the shadows to see what's lurking there—murderer, or monster? “A frightening, fast-paced thriller.” —Julianna Baggott, Alex Award-winning author of Pure At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Retribution Falls

Retribution Falls
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Publisher : Spectra
Total Pages : 482
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ISBN-10 : 9780345522580
ISBN-13 : 0345522583
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Retribution Falls by : Chris Wooding

Sky piracy is a bit out of Darian Frey’s league. Fate has not been kind to the captain of the airship Ketty Jay—or his motley crew. They are all running from something. Crake is a daemonist in hiding, traveling with an armored golem and burdened by guilt. Jez is the new navigator, desperate to keep her secret from the rest of the crew. Malvery is a disgraced doctor, drinking himself to death. So when an opportunity arises to steal a chest of gems from a vulnerable airship, Frey can’t pass it up. It’s an easy take—and the payoff will finally make him a rich man. But when the attack goes horribly wrong, Frey suddenly finds himself the most wanted man in Vardia, trailed by bounty hunters, the elite Century Knights, and the dread queen of the skies, Trinica Dracken. Frey realizes that they’ve been set up to take a fall but doesn’t know the endgame. And the ultimate answer for captain and crew may lie in the legendary hidden pirate town of Retribution Falls. That’s if they can get there without getting blown out of the sky.

The Politics of Retribution in Europe

The Politics of Retribution in Europe
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 9781400832057
ISBN-13 : 1400832055
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Politics of Retribution in Europe by : István Deák

The presentation of Europe's immediate historical past has quite dramatically changed. Conventional depictions of occupation and collaboration in World War II, of wartime resistance and post-war renewal, provided the familiar backdrop against which the chronicle of post-war Europe has mostly been told. Within these often ritualistic presentations, it was possible to conceal the fact that not only were the majority of people in Hitler's Europe not resistance fighters but millions actively co-operated with and many millions more rather easily accommodated to Nazi rule. Moreover, after the war, those who judged former collaborators were sometimes themselves former collaborators. Many people became innocent victims of retribution, while others--among them notorious war criminals--escaped punishment. Nonetheless, the process of retribution was not useless but rather a historically unique effort to purify the continent of the many sins Europeans had committed. This book sheds light on the collective amnesia that overtook European governments and peoples regarding their own responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity--an amnesia that has only recently begun to dissipate as a result of often painful searching across the continent. In inspiring essays, a group of internationally renowned scholars unravels the moral and political choices facing European governments in the war's aftermath: how to punish the guilty, how to decide who was guilty of what, how to convert often unspeakable and conflicted war experiences and memories into serviceable, even uplifting accounts of national history. In short, these scholars explore how the drama of the immediate past was (and was not) successfully "overcome." Through their comparative and transnational emphasis, they also illuminate the division between eastern and western Europe, locating its origins both in the war and in post-war domestic and international affairs. Here, as in their discussion of collaborators' trials, the authors lay bare the roots of the many unresolved and painful memories clouding present-day Europe. Contributors are Brad Abrams, Martin Conway, Sarah Farmer, Luc Huyse, László Karsai, Mark Mazower, and Peter Romijn, as well as the editors. Taken separately, their essays are significant contributions to the contemporary history of several European countries. Taken together, they represent an original and pathbreaking account of a formative moment in the shaping of Europe at the dawn of a new millennium.

Retribution

Retribution
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 544
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ISBN-10 : 9780141925110
ISBN-13 : 0141925116
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Retribution by : Jilliane Hoffman

One rainy night in New York City, outstanding law student Chloe Larson wakes from a terrible nightmare. But it's not a nightmare - it's real. Not only is she savagely violated in her own bedroom, Chloe then has to deal with the horror of nobody being brought to justice. Twelve years later a very different Chloe is forging a formidable reputation in the Miami Dade State Attorney's Office, as a vicious serial killer nicknamed Cupid terrorises Florida - tearing out his tortured victim's hearts while they're still conscious. When the police stop a driver on the McArthur Causeway and a mutilated corpse is found in his trunk, it seems the hunt for Cupid is finally over. But as Chloe begins the task of prosecuting the suspect, she soon realises that this case will be anything but easy. Because her past is about to force itself on her present - and the terror is only just beginning. Sometimes there's a price to be paid for justice. And sometimes that price is awful. Revenge could cost Chloe her sanity. The truth could cost her her life. THE PAST. THE PRESENT. THE TERROR.

Retribution and Reparation in the Transition to Democracy

Retribution and Reparation in the Transition to Democracy
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9781107320536
ISBN-13 : 1107320534
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Retribution and Reparation in the Transition to Democracy by : Jon Elster

The contributions in this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of transitional justice from 1945 to the present. They focus on retribution against the leaders and agents of the autocratic regime preceding the democratic transition, and on reparation to its victims. Part I contains general theoretical discussions of retribution and reparation. The essays in Part II survey transitional justice in the wake of World War II, covering Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Norway. In Part III, the contributors discuss more recent transitions in Argentina, Chile, Eastern Europe, the former German Democratic Republic, and South Africa, including a chapter on the reparation of injustice in some of these transitions. The editor provides a general introduction, brief introductions to each part, and a conclusion that looks beyond regime transitions to broader issues of rectifying historical injustice.

I AM HE, MR. RETRIBUTION

I AM HE, MR. RETRIBUTION
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9781304255150
ISBN-13 : 1304255158
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis I AM HE, MR. RETRIBUTION by : ERIC JONES

How can you possibly identify a sophisticated killer with multiple identities? A ghost! A killer who could find you at any moment with the aid of his psychic ability if you were on his list. A killer who leaves not a trace. The mystery becomes too intricate for law enforcement and forensics experts to unstitch when letters justifying Mr. Retribution's killings, are found at the many gruesome crime scenes, who started his massacres in the 60's, 70's and 80's, return to the new millennium to claim more malicious victims of the Chicago south suburbs, who he believes "mercy shall never be a savior for." But who is this masked murderer who calls himself, Mr. Retribution? The mystery shall surely shock you!

Punishment and Retribution

Punishment and Retribution
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 237
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ISBN-10 : 9781317073246
ISBN-13 : 131707324X
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Punishment and Retribution by : Leo Zaibert

Discussions of punishment typically assume that punishment is criminal punishment carried out by the State. Punishment is, however, a richer phenomenon and it occurs in many contexts. This book contains a general account of punishment which overcomes the difficulties of competing accounts. Recognizing punishment's manifoldness is valuable not merely in contributing to conceptual clarity, but in that this recognition sheds light on the complicated problem of punishment's justification. Insofar as they narrowly presuppose that punishment is criminal punishment, most apparent solutions to the tension between consequentialism and retributivism are rather unenlightening if we attempt to apply them in other contexts. Moreover, this presupposition has given rise to an unwieldy variety of accounts of retributivism which are less helpful in contexts other than criminal punishment. Treating punishment comprehensibly helps us to better understand how it differs from similar phenomena, and to carry on the discussion of its justification fruitfully.

Responsibility, Character, and the Emotions

Responsibility, Character, and the Emotions
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 0521339510
ISBN-13 : 9780521339513
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Responsibility, Character, and the Emotions by : Ferdinand David Schoeman

An examination of the responsibility individuals have for their actions and characters.