Public trials: Burke, Zola, Arendt and the politics of lost causes
By: Maxwell,Lida.
Publisher: Oxford University Press 2017Description: xiii, 235p.ISBN: 9780190649845.Subject(s): Philosophy Democracy -- Justice -- Law -- Public TrialsDDC classification: 320.011 Summary: There are certain moments, such as the American founding or the Civil Rights Movement, that we revisit again and again as instances of democratic triumph, and there are other moments that haunt us as instances of democratic failure. How should we view moments of democratic failure, when both the law and citizens forsake justice? Do such moments reveal a wholesale failure of democracy or a more contested failing, pointing to what could have been, and still might be?| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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There are certain moments, such as the American founding or the Civil Rights Movement, that we revisit again and again as instances of democratic triumph, and there are other moments that haunt us as instances of democratic failure. How should we view moments of democratic failure, when both the law and citizens forsake justice? Do such moments reveal a wholesale failure of democracy or a more contested failing, pointing to what could have been, and still might be?
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