Theaters of pardoning / Bernadette Meyler.
| Author/creator | Meyler, Bernadette |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Corpus juris : the humanities in politics and law |
| Contents | Introduction : theaters of pardoning -- Dramatic judgments : Measure for Measure, revenge, and the institution of the law -- Emplotting politics : James I and the "Powder Treason" -- The Laws of Candy : non-sovereign forgiveness and the generalizing of revenge -- From sovereignty to the state : the tragicomic clemency of Massinger's The Bondman -- Between royal pardons and acts of oblivion : the transitional justice of Cosmo Manuche and James Compton, Earl of Northampton -- Pardoning revolution : the 1660 Act of Oblivion and Hobbes's recentering of sovereignty -- Postlude : pardoning and liberal constitutionalism. |
| Abstract | "This book aims to address the roots of pardoning's treatment in contemporary politics and uncover what new formulations of pardoning might contribute by examining what it calls "theaters of pardoning"--a form of tragicomedy--in the drama and politics of seventeenth-century England"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Meyler, Bernadette, author. Theaters of pardoning Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501739330 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019011012 |
| ISBN | 9781501739392 (e-book pdf) |
| ISBN | 9781501739408 (e-book epub/mobi) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |