The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right

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出版社: HarperCollins US
2005-05
ISBN: 9780060735241
定价: 130.70
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 384页
正文语种: 英语
  • Weareobsessedwithwatchingtelevisionshowsandfeaturefilmsaboutlawyers,readinglegalthrillers,andfollowingreal-lifetrials.Yet,atthesametime,mostofusdon'ttrustlawyersandholdthemandthelegalsysteminverylowesteem.InTheMythofMoralJustice,lawprofessorandnovelistThaneRosenbaumsuggeststhatthisparadoxstemsfromthefactthatcitizensandthecourtsareatoddswhenitcomestotheirdefinitionsofjustice.Withalawyer'sexpertiseandanovelist'ssensability,Rosenbaumtacklescomplicatedphilosophicalquestionsaboutourlongingformoraljustice.Healsotakesacriticallookatwhatourlegalsystemdoes... SylviaPlathSheappearedsoft,andwasknownforthewayherdifficult,emotionallyravagedlifebleditselfontothepage.ButSylviaPlathwasandispowerful,afactevidentinherpoems,herautobiographicalnovelTheBellJar,andthesuccessofthemajormotionpicture,SylviastarringGwenythPaltrow.Biography"Iwassupposedtobehavingthetimeofmylife,"SylviaPlathwritesasheralteregoEstherGreenwoodinTheBellJar.LikeEsther,Plathwasabrightyoungwomanwhohadearnedscholarshipsandawards,andhadallthetalenttobackthemup,andsawthis—butcouldneverenjoyit.Herstruggleswithdepressionwereinfactwhatoftenmotivatedhertowrite,untilshecommittedsuicideatage30in1963.Plathisamongthebest-knownconfessionalpoets,comingfromaschool(atitspeakinthe‘50sand‘60s)thatleftfewstonesunturnedwhenitcametoself-examinationandrevelation.Thoughnotalwaysbaldorliteralinherexpression,Plathchronicledherflirtationwithdeath—andwithlife—inherpoems.Shewritesin"LadyLazarus,"averseaboutawomanrisingfromthedeadyetagain,"Dying/Isanart,likeeverythingelse./Idoitexceptionallywell./Idoitsoitfeelslikehell./Idoitsoitfeelsreal./IguessyoucouldsayI'veacall."Shehasanabilitytoconveydeep,almostfrighteningemotion,butdoitinadeceptivelylilting,almost-but-not-quitehumorouslanguage."LadyLazarus"waspublishedinAriel(1965),acollectionthatappearedposthumously,asdidotherwell-knowncollectionssuchasCrossingtheWater(1971),WinterTrees(1972)andCollectedPoems(1981),forwhichPlathwasawardedthePulitzer.Thoughnotalldeathanddespair,ArielstandsoutamongPlath'sworksbecauseitrepresentedadeparturefromthefirstcollectionthatwaspublishedwhileshewasstillalive,TheColossusandOtherPoems,butprimarilybecauseitwassuchanintimaterecordoftheendofherlife.AspoetBobHassremarkedinaPBSinterview,"Readersingeneraldiscoveredthisbook[Ariel]ofayoungwomanwithtwobabies,whosehusbandhadlefther,livinginacoldhouse,tryingtobeamom,tryingtobeawriter,tryingtoputherlifetogether,whodidn'tmakeit—whokilledherself—andwrotepoemsfullofrage,bravery,anditelectrifiedpeople."Plath'sfatherdiedwhenshewaseightyearsold,aneventfromwhichthepoetneverquiteseemedtorecover.ShewritesinAriel's"Daddy":"AttwentyItriedtodie/Andgetback,back,backtoyou./Ithoughteventheboneswoulddo."Oddly(orperhapsappropriately)forawomansodevastatinglyabletofeelandreacttopeople,Plathoftenwritesabouthumansasobjects,thingsthatmakenoise,canbebrokenorrepaired,markedinacontinuumfrombirthtoexpiration.Achildonthefloorislike"anunstrungpuppet";catshowl"likewomen,ordamagedinstruments";peoplearecomparedtostatues.ThetechniqueprovidesatwistedunderstatementtotheemotionaleffectsPlathwritesabout,inaworldwhereeventhestatesofloveandmotherhoodareaccompaniedbydarkness.WhereasPlath'spoemsoftenseemstrangeanddreamlike,TheBellJarisdirectandaccessible.ItrankswithCatcherintheRyeinbothliteraryachievementandstatus.Plathgetsacrossnotonlywhatitfeelsliketostrugglewiththemostdeadlyanddevastatingemotions,butalsohowhaplessandimpotentthepeoplearoundherareincopingwithher.Sheportraysawomanatoddswiththeworld,butdoessowithoutaffectorpretension.It'snowonderthebookhasbecomeaclassic,particularlyamongyoungfemalereaders.Attimesofdespair,readersfindcomfortandempathyinPlath'swords.Allofherpainfullywrought"confessions"areofus,forus.GoodToKnowPlathmarriedfellowpoetTedHughes,whomshemetwhilestudyinginCambridge.AtthetimePlathkilledherself,Hugheshadleftherforanotherwoman(whoalsoeventuallykilledherself).HewroteabouthisrelationshipwithSylviainBirthdayLetters,anautobiographicalcollectionofpoemspublishedjustbeforehediedin1998.PlathwasportrayedbyGwynethPaltrowinSylvia(2003),afilmproducedbytheBBCandFocusFeatures.TheBellJarwasadaptedtothescreenbydirectorLarryPeercein1979.TheColossuswasPlath'sliterarydebutin1960,butshealsopublishedAWinterShipthatsameyear,anonymously.TheBellJarwasinitiallypublishedunderapseudonym,VictoriaLucas.AlsoKnownAs:VictoriaLucas(pseudonym)DateofBirth:十月27,1932PlaceofBirth:Boston,MassachusettsDateofDeath:二月11,1963PlaceofDeath:London,England
  • 内容简介:
    Weareobsessedwithwatchingtelevisionshowsandfeaturefilmsaboutlawyers,readinglegalthrillers,andfollowingreal-lifetrials.Yet,atthesametime,mostofusdon'ttrustlawyersandholdthemandthelegalsysteminverylowesteem.InTheMythofMoralJustice,lawprofessorandnovelistThaneRosenbaumsuggeststhatthisparadoxstemsfromthefactthatcitizensandthecourtsareatoddswhenitcomestotheirdefinitionsofjustice.Withalawyer'sexpertiseandanovelist'ssensability,Rosenbaumtacklescomplicatedphilosophicalquestionsaboutourlongingformoraljustice.Healsotakesacriticallookatwhatourlegalsystemdoes...
  • 作者简介:
    SylviaPlathSheappearedsoft,andwasknownforthewayherdifficult,emotionallyravagedlifebleditselfontothepage.ButSylviaPlathwasandispowerful,afactevidentinherpoems,herautobiographicalnovelTheBellJar,andthesuccessofthemajormotionpicture,SylviastarringGwenythPaltrow.Biography"Iwassupposedtobehavingthetimeofmylife,"SylviaPlathwritesasheralteregoEstherGreenwoodinTheBellJar.LikeEsther,Plathwasabrightyoungwomanwhohadearnedscholarshipsandawards,andhadallthetalenttobackthemup,andsawthis—butcouldneverenjoyit.Herstruggleswithdepressionwereinfactwhatoftenmotivatedhertowrite,untilshecommittedsuicideatage30in1963.Plathisamongthebest-knownconfessionalpoets,comingfromaschool(atitspeakinthe‘50sand‘60s)thatleftfewstonesunturnedwhenitcametoself-examinationandrevelation.Thoughnotalwaysbaldorliteralinherexpression,Plathchronicledherflirtationwithdeath—andwithlife—inherpoems.Shewritesin"LadyLazarus,"averseaboutawomanrisingfromthedeadyetagain,"Dying/Isanart,likeeverythingelse./Idoitexceptionallywell./Idoitsoitfeelslikehell./Idoitsoitfeelsreal./IguessyoucouldsayI'veacall."Shehasanabilitytoconveydeep,almostfrighteningemotion,butdoitinadeceptivelylilting,almost-but-not-quitehumorouslanguage."LadyLazarus"waspublishedinAriel(1965),acollectionthatappearedposthumously,asdidotherwell-knowncollectionssuchasCrossingtheWater(1971),WinterTrees(1972)andCollectedPoems(1981),forwhichPlathwasawardedthePulitzer.Thoughnotalldeathanddespair,ArielstandsoutamongPlath'sworksbecauseitrepresentedadeparturefromthefirstcollectionthatwaspublishedwhileshewasstillalive,TheColossusandOtherPoems,butprimarilybecauseitwassuchanintimaterecordoftheendofherlife.AspoetBobHassremarkedinaPBSinterview,"Readersingeneraldiscoveredthisbook[Ariel]ofayoungwomanwithtwobabies,whosehusbandhadlefther,livinginacoldhouse,tryingtobeamom,tryingtobeawriter,tryingtoputherlifetogether,whodidn'tmakeit—whokilledherself—andwrotepoemsfullofrage,bravery,anditelectrifiedpeople."Plath'sfatherdiedwhenshewaseightyearsold,aneventfromwhichthepoetneverquiteseemedtorecover.ShewritesinAriel's"Daddy":"AttwentyItriedtodie/Andgetback,back,backtoyou./Ithoughteventheboneswoulddo."Oddly(orperhapsappropriately)forawomansodevastatinglyabletofeelandreacttopeople,Plathoftenwritesabouthumansasobjects,thingsthatmakenoise,canbebrokenorrepaired,markedinacontinuumfrombirthtoexpiration.Achildonthefloorislike"anunstrungpuppet";catshowl"likewomen,ordamagedinstruments";peoplearecomparedtostatues.ThetechniqueprovidesatwistedunderstatementtotheemotionaleffectsPlathwritesabout,inaworldwhereeventhestatesofloveandmotherhoodareaccompaniedbydarkness.WhereasPlath'spoemsoftenseemstrangeanddreamlike,TheBellJarisdirectandaccessible.ItrankswithCatcherintheRyeinbothliteraryachievementandstatus.Plathgetsacrossnotonlywhatitfeelsliketostrugglewiththemostdeadlyanddevastatingemotions,butalsohowhaplessandimpotentthepeoplearoundherareincopingwithher.Sheportraysawomanatoddswiththeworld,butdoessowithoutaffectorpretension.It'snowonderthebookhasbecomeaclassic,particularlyamongyoungfemalereaders.Attimesofdespair,readersfindcomfortandempathyinPlath'swords.Allofherpainfullywrought"confessions"areofus,forus.GoodToKnowPlathmarriedfellowpoetTedHughes,whomshemetwhilestudyinginCambridge.AtthetimePlathkilledherself,Hugheshadleftherforanotherwoman(whoalsoeventuallykilledherself).HewroteabouthisrelationshipwithSylviainBirthdayLetters,anautobiographicalcollectionofpoemspublishedjustbeforehediedin1998.PlathwasportrayedbyGwynethPaltrowinSylvia(2003),afilmproducedbytheBBCandFocusFeatures.TheBellJarwasadaptedtothescreenbydirectorLarryPeercein1979.TheColossuswasPlath'sliterarydebutin1960,butshealsopublishedAWinterShipthatsameyear,anonymously.TheBellJarwasinitiallypublishedunderapseudonym,VictoriaLucas.AlsoKnownAs:VictoriaLucas(pseudonym)DateofBirth:十月27,1932PlaceofBirth:Boston,MassachusettsDateofDeath:二月11,1963PlaceofDeath:London,England
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