2013, ISBN: 9789333184809

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New York: New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Good in Good jacket Good in Good jacket 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Hardcover. First Edition. 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Book Description-good… More...

New York: New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Good in Good jacket Good in Good jacket 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Hardcover. First Edition. 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Book Description-good, DJ good, 1st edition, aqua boards with purple cloth binding, clean tight copy. The mystery does not always end when the crime has been solved. Indeed, the most insolvable problems of crime and punishment are not so much who committed the crime, but how to see that justice is done. Now, in this illuminating volume, one of America's great legal thinkers, Norval Morris, addresses some of the most perplexing and controversial questions of justice in a highly singular fashion--by examining them in fictional form, in what he calls "parables of the law. " The protagonist of these stories, the figure who must see that justice is done, is Eric Blair, a name familiar to most readers: it's the real name of George Orwell. In fact, Morris has set his tales in the time and place of Orwell's famous essay, "Shooting an Elephant, " in Moulmein, Burma, in the 1920s. What might seem a curious strategy at first glance--borrowing Orwell's persona to narrate these tales--is actually a brilliant stroke. For in Eric Blair we have an ideal narrator to highlight the complexities of justice: an untrained police lieutenant and junior magistrate, uncertain of judgement--and all the more likely to anguish over judgement, and to examine every facet of a case before deciding. And in 1920s Moulmein we have a neutral time and space in which to consider--free of our own political, religious, or social prejudices--a set of contemporary legal and moral questions that rarely find so calm an arena. And these stories certainly address some highly charged issues--capital punishment, insanity as a murder defense, the "battered wife syndrome" as a murder defense, child custody, "parental neglect" due to religious conviction--to name a few. In each tale, Norval Morris excels at placing Blair at the center of a controversy that has no easy answer, and that he and he alone must decide. In the... . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1992., New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, 1992, 2013. Hardcover. New. Size:- {15 x 23 cms}, Lang: - eng, Pages 187. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back [1886]. This book is Printed in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Any type of Customisation is possible). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions., 2013<