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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Alan Dershowitz first explains how the law has traditionally distinguished among justificaions, excuses and mitigations and their link to exoneration or leniency in sentencing and then shows how in the mid 1990s to early 2000, "excuses", especially those related to personal and societal abuse has emerged as the "excuse" of choice by defendants, and the success of these in a number of highly publicized trials. Deershowitz links the legal facts to his interpretation of its impact on the Constitution as well as court findings. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
According to renowned defense attorney and Harvard law professor Alan M. Dershowitz, "abuse excuses" are enabling people to get away with murder - literally. From the Menendez brothers to Lorena Bobbitt, more and more Americans accused of violent crimes are admitting to the charges, but arguing that they shouldn't be held legally responsible. The reason: they're victims - of an abusive parent, a violent spouse, a traumatic experience, ethnic hatred, society at large, or anything else - who struck back at a real or perceived oppressor. And they couldn't help themselves, they say. In this provocative and important collection of essays, Dershowitz reviews a wide range of recent cases - including those of O. J. Simpson, Tonya Harding, and Woody Allen - and argues that the current vogue in victim defenses is antithetical to the ideals of our constitutional democracy. For Dershowitz, the foundations of American society are individual responsibility and the rule of law. And people who claim to be above the law - whatever the excuse - are no more than vigilantes. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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