Compulsory compassion : a critique of restorative justice

Compulsory compassion : a critique of restorative justice / Annalise Acorn.

"In Compulsory Compassion, Annalise Acorn, a one-time advocate for restorative justice, deconstructs the rhetoric of the restorative movement. Drawing from diverse legal, literary, philosophical, and autobiographical sources, she questions the fundamental assumptions behind that rhetoric: that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acorn, Annalise E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2004.
Series:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Subjects:
Restorative justice.
Law.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Law
Restorative justice
Strafrechtstheorie
Strafrechtspleging.
Slachtoffers.
Daders.
Conflictmanagement.
Bemiddeling.
Rättsfilosofi.
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Table of Contents:
  • The seductive vision of restorative justice: right-relation, reciprocity, healing, and repair
  • "Essentially and only a matter of love": justice and the teachableness of universal love
  • Three precarious pillars of restorative optimism
  • Sentimental justice: the unearned emotions of restorative catharsis
  • "Lovemaking is justice-making": the idealization of eros and the eroticization of justice
  • Compulsory compassion: justice, fellow-feeling, and the restorative encounter
  • Epilogue: Restorative utopias--"the fire with which we must play"?

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