Vindicatory Justice: Beyond Law and Revenge (1st ed. 2022) (Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice #93)

Synopsis

This volume offers a new theoretical approach to the analysis of the law/revenge binary, and attempts to dismantle the common idea of revenge as lacking any legal, moral or rational dimension. In contrast, the book puts forward a model of a complex system of justice—which it terms 'vindicatory'—wherein vendetta constitutes an authorized action, the core of which does not (just) lie in vengeance but also in settlement procedures for peace—or 'composition.' The first part of the book ("Vindicatory Justice: Conceptual Analyses and Forerunners") seeks to identify the nature of vindicatory justice and to shed light on the structure of so-called vindicatory systems. In turn, the second part ("Mapping Vindicatory Justice") illustrates, using examples gathered from a range of sociolegal contexts, the dynamic relationship between composition and authorized revenge in vindicatory systems. Taken as a whole, the volume shows that applying a longue durée historical perspective to the study of revenge systems allows us to clearly recognize composition and authorized revenge as features of the same legal system, even though one of them may seem predominant (or more eye-catching) than the other in certain cultural settings.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783030795955

Related ISBNs:

9783030795948

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

12/18/21

Copyrighted By:

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Reference, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy

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Edited by:

Raúl Márquez Porras

Edited by:

Riccardo Mazzola

Edited by:

Ignasi Terradas Saborit