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Del delitto e delle pene di un matricida
LexisIn this paper I analyse some different mythical narratives about the trial of Orestes after the matricide. Aeschylus’ Eumenides (458 B.C.E.) have canonised a single version of the myth, based on the judgement at the Areopagus Council and on the hero’s
Pucci, Luca
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Culture of Revenge: Analysing Blood Revenge in Pakistan's Tribal Areas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Revenge is a widespread phenomenon present in every culture. It is defined as a motivated retaliation against an offense or wrongdoing perceived as harmful or a violation of moral norms. Previous psychological research views revenge as an expressive action done for personal satisfaction.
Muhammad Asif +3 more
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The Supreme Court of Canada interprets the fitness to stand trial test in R v. Bharwani. [PDF]
J Forensic SciAbstract At the core of the common law, rooted in fairness, is the principle that an accused must be “fit” or “competent” to answer charges pursued by the state. Fitness rules vary considerably across jurisdictions but generally share the requirement that the accused be able to actively participate in the conduct of their defense.
Curry D, Quinn J.
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Privilege Versus Right: Vigilantism Against Israel's Palestinian Citizens
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article addresses three core questions: What is the social origin of vigilantism? How do vigilantes justify extra‐legal violence and intimidation? What are vigilantism's long‐term effects? The analysis focuses on a period in which Israel's Palestinian‐Arab citizens increased their access to legal rights, social mobility, spatial ...
Gershon Shafir, Beatrice Waterhouse
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Journal of Law and Society, EarlyView.Abstract Using the amnesty introduced by the Boris Johnson government designed to protect British army veterans who served in Northern Ireland as a case study, this article examines the intersection between law, politics and the legacy of conflict. The article first offers an account of the amnesty's genesis and traces the evolution and deployment of ...
KIERAN MCEVOY
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Vengeance deferred: Children in selected short stories of Saki.
The Grove, 2015 This article examines the position of privilege allotted to children in selected short stories by ‘Saki' (H.H. Munro 1870-1916) and the possible autobiographical justification behind it.
Sean Moran
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The Nuremberg Justice Trial 1947: Vengeance of the Victors? [PDF]
, 2010 Jan Schnitzer
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‘We Can Win this Fight Together’: Memory and Cross‐Occupational Coordination
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract While scholars have studied coordination across occupational lines, they have yet to theorize how the memories held by those involved in such coordination might influence it. In this paper, we frame occupational groups as mnemonic communities – collectives for whom a shared understanding of the past constitutes their character – to explore the
Sung‐Chul Noh +2 more
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Organizational Soundscapes and the Sonicity of Voices: The Power of the ‘Sounds’ that Carry ‘Words’
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Organizations are soundscapes – they resonate with sounds and particularly the sounds of voices. Somehow however voice sonics, that is the sounds of voices and not the words carried on those sounds, have escaped attention in management studies. This absence of analysis is peculiar given voice sonics' undoubted influence on management (they may
Nancy Harding, Jackie Ford
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