Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims' Rights in Iran
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Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims' Rights in Iran
By (Author) Arzoo Osanloo
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
1st September 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social and cultural anthropology
Ethical issues: capital punishment
Sentencing and punishment
Criminal justice law
345.55077
Physical Properties
Paperback
358
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
A remarkable look at an understudied feature of the Iranian justice system, where forgiveness is as much a right of victims as retribution Iran's criminal courts are notorious for meting out severe sentences-according to Amnesty International, the country has the world's highest rate of capital punishment per capita. Less known to outside observ
Reviews
"Winner of the Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law and Society Association"
"Honorable Mention for the Clifford Geertz Book Award, Society for the Anthropology of Religion"
"Honorable Mention for the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Book Prize in Critical Anthropology"
Author Bio
Arzoo Osanloo is associate professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice and the director of the Middle East Center at the University of Washington. She is the author of The Politics of Womens Rights in Iran (Princeton).
