Wild Justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib
by
Katherine Maynard, Jarod Kearney, James Guimond
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
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...