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The Death Penalty: Developments In Caribbean Jurisprudence, Anthony Gifford
The Death Penalty: Developments In Caribbean Jurisprudence, Anthony Gifford
International Journal of Legal Information
The presentation analyzes death penalty developments in the Caribbean jurisprudence. The discussion of a series of court decisions leads to the opinion that it is not right for the State to “end the life of a human being.” It questions death penalty as punishment for crime versus “the capacity of individuals for redemption and rehabilitation."
Is The Law Hopeful?, Annelise Riles
Is The Law Hopeful?, Annelise Riles
Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers
This essay asks what legal studies can contribute to the now vigorous debates in economics, sociology, psychology, philosophy, literary studies and anthropology about the nature and sources of hope in personal and social life. What does the law contribute to hope? Is there anything hopeful about law? Rather than focus on the ends of law (social justice, economic efficiency, etc.) this essay focuses instead on the means (or techniques of the law). Through a critical engagement with the work of Hans Vaihinger, Morris Cohen and Pierre Schlag on legal fictions and legal technicalities, the essay argues that what is “hopeful” …