Knowing the Suffering of Others : Legal Perspectives on Pain and Its Meanings

Knowing the Suffering of Others Legal Perspectives on Pain and Its Meanings

In Knowing the Suffering of Others, legal scholar Austin Sarat brings together essays that address suffering as it relates to the law, highlighting the ways law imagines suffering and how pain and suffering become jurisprudential facts. From fetal imaging to end-of-life decisions, torts to internati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sarat, Austin (-)
Otros Autores: Carodine, Montré D., Caruth, Cathy, Durham, Alan L., Fair, Brian K., Hobbs, Steven, Keating, Gregory, Meyer, Linda Ross, Render, Meredith M., Suk, Jeannie, Witt, John Fabian
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press 2014.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30012417*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Pain and Suffering as Facts of Legal Life
  • Austin Sarat; 1. Suffering the Loss of Suffering: How Law Shapes and Occludes Pain
  • Linda Ross Meyer; Commentary: Taming Suffering
  • Meredith M. Render; 2. The Ambiguous Standing of Suffering in Negligence Law
  • Gregory C. Keating; Commentary: Emotional Distress and the Victim's Perspective
  • Alan L. Durham; 3. Two Conceptions of Suffering in War
  • John Fabian Witt; Commentary: Personal Reflections on Professor John Fabian Witt's "Two Conceptions of Suffering in War"
  • Stephen H. Hobbs.
  • 4. Disappearing History: Scenes of Trauma in the Theater of Human Rights
  • Cathy CaruthCommentary: A Record but No Truth? Recording and Re-recording Trauma in the Real-Life Struggle for Civil Rights
  • Montré D. Carodine; 5. Laws of Trauma
  • Jeannie Suk; Commentary: Knowing the Suffering of Others: A Commentary on Jeannie Suk's "Laws of Trauma"
  • Bryan K. Fair; Contributors; Index.

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