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The Justice of Mercy

By: Linda Ross Meyer

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The Justice of Mercy is exhilarating reading. Teeming with intelligence and insight, this study immediately establishes itself as the unequaled philosophical and legal exploration of mercy. But Linda Meyer's book reaches beyond mercy to offer reconceptualizations of justice and punishment themselves. Meyer's ambition is to rethink the failed retributivist paradigm of criminal justice and to replace it with an ideal of merciful punishment grounded in a Heideggerian insight into the gift of being-with-others. The readings of criminal law, Heideggerian and Levinasian philosophy, and literature are powerful and provocative. The Justice of Mercy is a radical and rigorous exploration of both punishment and mercy as profoundly human activities." ---Roger Berkowitz, Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Ethical and Political Thinking, Bard College "This book addresses a question both ancient and urgently timely: how to reconcile the law's call to justice with the heart's call to mercy? Linda Ross Meyer's answer is both philosophical and pragmatic, taking us from the conceptual roots of the supposed conflict between justice and mercy to concrete examples in both fiction and contemporary criminal law. Energetic, eloquent, and moving, this book's defense of mercy will resonate with philosophers, legal scholars, lawyers, and policymakers engaged with criminal justice, and anyone concerned about our current harshly punitive legal system." ---Carol Steiker, Harvard Law School "Far from being a utopian, soft and ineffectual concept, Meyer shows that mercy already operates within the law in ways that we usually do not recognize. . . . Meyer's piercing insights and careful analysis bring the reader to think of law, justice, and mercy itself in a new and far more profound light." ---James Martel, San Francisco State University How can granting mercy be just if it gives a criminal less punishment than he "deserves" and treats his case differently from others like it? This ancient question has become central to debates over truth and reconciliation commissions, alternative dispute resolution, and other new forms of restorative justice. The traditional response has been to marginalize mercy and to cast doubt on its ability to coexist with forms of legal justice. Flipping the relationship between justice and mercy, Linda Ross Meyer argues that our rule-bound and harsh system of punishment is deeply flawed and that mercy should be, not the crazy woman in the attic of the law, but the lady of the house. This book articulates a theory of punishment with mercy and illustrates the implications of that theory with legal examples drawn from criminal law doctrine, pardons, mercy in military justice, and fictional narratives of punishment and mercy. Linda Ross Meyer is Carmen Tortora Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law; President of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities; and Associate Editor of Journal of Law, Culture and the Humanities. Jacket illustration: "Lotus" by Anthony James

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University of Michigan Press

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0472024558

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Sentencing in Time

By: Linda Meyer

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Sentencing in Time

By: Linda Meyer

Sentencing policy is an often crude means by which we seek to achieve justice by means of a quantitative measure of time. Linda Ross Meyer shows that our complicated ways of thinking about time often lead to contradictory and counterproductive outcomes in criminal justice-and suggests alternative ways of approaching sentencing the convicted.

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Amherst College Press

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1943208085

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Sentencing in Time

By: Linda Ross Meyer

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Sentencing in Time

By: Linda Ross Meyer

Exactly how is it we think the ends of justice are accomplished by sentencing someone to a term in prison? How do we relate a quantitative measure of time—months and years—to the objectives of deterring crime, punishing wrongdoers, and accomplishing justice for those touched by a criminal act? Linda Ross Meyer investigates these questions, examining the disconnect between our two basic modes of thinking about time—chronologically (seconds, minutes, hours), or phenomenologically (observing, taking note of, or being aware of the passing of time). In Sentencing in Time, Meyer asks whether—in overlooking the irreconcilability of these two modes of thinking about time—we are failing to accomplish the ends we believe the criminal justice system is designed to serve. Drawing on work in philosophy, legal theory, jurisprudence, and the history of penology, Meyer explores how, rather than condemning prisoners to an experience of time bereft of meaning, we might instead make the experience of incarceration constructively meaningful—and thus better aligned with social objectives of deterring crime, reforming offenders, and restoring justice.

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1943208093

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She Who Sings, Prays Twice

By: Linda Ross Meyer

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She Who Sings, Prays Twice

By: Linda Ross Meyer

Viva, at 19, has rarely been allowed outside the gates of the Venetian orphanage where she has been raised. Yet she has been trained in music by the great Antonio Vivaldi himself and her beautiful voice lures the rich and famous from around the world to come hear the girls' choir and orchestra of the Ospedale de Maria della Pieta. Viva longs to be free, to sail through the world like the merchant ships in the bay. More secretly, she longs to compose great music. But girls aren't allowed to compose for the coro. Then one day, Jean Jacques Rousseau comes to hear the choir girls sing. And Viva's life and music are changed forever. Winner of the 2006 Tassy Walden Award for best young adult novel.

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Lulu.com

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143032290X

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The Justice of Mercy

By: Linda Meyer

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The Justice of Mercy

By: Linda Meyer

Is there room for mercy in a system of justice?

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University of Michigan Press

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0472117459

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Match, the Whining Dragon

By: Linda Ross Meyer

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Match, the Whining Dragon

By: Linda Ross Meyer

Match, a particularly whiny young dragon, has accidentally changed a prince into a frog. The Magician's Union is not pleased. The only way for Match to undo his little magical mistake, however, is to find a princess willing to kiss the frog. And that's not as easy as it sounds.

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0557439841

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The Recipe Box

By: Linda Ross Meyer

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The Recipe Box

By: Linda Ross Meyer

When April's beloved Cheyenne grandmother dies, all her cousins receive rights to a rich oil deposit on the farm where April lived with her Granny. But April herself inherits only a recipe box. Her scheming Aunt Lily wants to overturn Granny's will and drag April off to Kansas City. The oil company wants to drain the marsh that nurtures April's cherished migrant bird visitors. And April herself misses Granny. The recipe box, however, has a special magic of its own, a magic that is deeply connected to April's own Native American family history and to the land. When April makes loaves of Disappearing Whole Wheat Bread, the wild magic of the recipe box leads her into a friendship with the Gonzales children, whose parents have been detained by immigration authorities. Together, the four children mix up a brew of hospitality that brings the colorful characters of this small town back to the same table.

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0557542103

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Álvaro Obregón

Power and Revolution in Mexico, 1911-1920

By: Linda Biesele Hall

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Álvaro Obregón

Power and Revolution in Mexico, 1911-1920

By: Linda Biesele Hall

The Mexican Revolution produced some romantic and heroic figures. In Mexico at the time, however, one man loomed large as the embodiment of revolutionary goals and the one leader able to take the country from strife into peace. That man was Alvaro Obregón. Less well-known to North Americans than his contemporaries and sometime allies Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa, Obregón eventually formed the first stable government of post-revolutionary Mexico. Stories of his daring and near-invincibility abounded as he led revolutionary forces against the usurper Huerta, then against the "bandit" elements within the Revolution itself. Throughout the period of fighting, however, Obregón was shrewdly building coalitions of support and espousing concrete programs that would allow him to institutionalize power when the fighting ended. This political and social study of Obregón's rise to power, based on extensive archival research and interviews with revolutionary participants, provides an important perspective not only on the Revolution itself but also on its consolidation in the hands of an extraordinary leader. Students of Mexican history will find the book indispensable; others will find it a fascinating story of a man, a people, and how they lay the bases of peace in the midst of war.

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Texas A&M University Press

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089096971X

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9780890969717

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism

By: Linda Pavlovski

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Twentieth Century Literary Criticism

By: Linda Pavlovski

Presents literary criticism on the works of twentieth-century writers of all genres, nations, and cultures. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, interviews, radio and television transcripts, pamphlets, and scholarly papers.

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078765860X

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9780787658601

How to Find a Good Job in Seattle

By: Linda Carlson

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How to Find a Good Job in Seattle

By: Linda Carlson

Updated with Internet resources, this regional bestseller describes thousands of Northwest employers in business, government, education and nonprofits; provides local contacts for nearly 500 professional and alumni associations; and lists 450 joblines. Based on Linda Carlson's interviews with employers, recruiters and job seekers, it also includes interview tips and information on relocation.

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0962712264

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9780962712265

Developing and Managing Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

By: Linda K. Hall

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Developing and Managing Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

By: Linda K. Hall

This guide is for developing and operating cardiac rehabilitation programmes. Anyone running a programme or establishing a new one will be able to use it as a reference, and cardiac rehab professors will find it an excellent supplemental text for graduate students.

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Human Kinetics Publishers

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0873223586

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Book's by Linda Ross Meyer

The Justice of Mercy

The Justice of Mercy

Sentencing in Time

Sentencing in Time

Sentencing in Time

Sentencing in Time

She Who Sings, Prays Twice

She Who Sings, Prays Twice

The Justice of Mercy

The Justice of Mercy

Match, the Whining Dragon

Match, the Whining Dragon

The Recipe Box

The Recipe Box

Álvaro Obregón

Álvaro Obregón

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism

How to Find a Good Job in Seattle

How to Find a Good Job in Seattle

Developing and Managing Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

Developing and Managing Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

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