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Revenge versus Legality: Wild Justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib


ISBN13: 9780415560160
Published: April 2010
Publisher: Routledge
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: £150.00
Paperback edition , ISBN13 9780415697729



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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 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 obstacles to justice, ranging from judicial corruption, to racism and imperialism. The book culminates in a consideration of that form of crime or lawlessness that poses the most serious threat to the rule of law: vigilante justice masquerading as legality. With its mixture of politics, literature, law, and film, this lively and accessible book offers a timely reflection on the enduring phenomenon of revenge.

Subjects:
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Series: Birkbeck Law Press

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