Law and Lies
«'Austin Sarat brings together an impressive mix of scholars to discuss the connection between law and lies in the American Legal System. … the book is timely because it gives a hint of how lies found themselves a prominent space in the American Legal System and by extension other countries that copy the U.S. bit-by-bit … This makes the book a compelling read, as it shows that lies found themselves deliberately into politics and governance by act of design; this is because 'more often the law looks the other way' in order to allow certain objectives to be achieved.' Kawu Bala, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books (clcjbooks.rutgers.edu)»
Law has a strangely complicated relationship to deception. Though it sometimes takes a hard line on behalf of truth - 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth' - competing values often cause law to look the other way. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781107108783
- Utgivelsesår
- 2015
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
«'Austin Sarat brings together an impressive mix of scholars to discuss the connection between law and lies in the American Legal System. … the book is timely because it gives a hint of how lies found themselves a prominent space in the American Legal System and by extension other countries that copy the U.S. bit-by-bit … This makes the book a compelling read, as it shows that lies found themselves deliberately into politics and governance by act of design; this is because 'more often the law looks the other way' in order to allow certain objectives to be achieved.' Kawu Bala, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books (clcjbooks.rutgers.edu)»