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

图书标准信息

• 作者 Thane Rosenbaum 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2005-05
• ISBN 9780060735241
• 定价 130.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 384页
• 正文语种 英语

【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