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Book SynopsisRepresents a blend of political and legal theory, one that focuses on the double-edged role of memory in fueling cycles of hatred and maintaining justice and personal integrity. This work features topics that include hate crimes and hate-crimes legislation, child sexual abuse and the statute of limitations, and more.
Trade Review"For policy-makers responsible for reconstructing Iraq or seeking to follow a road map to peace in the Middle East as well as for lay people who care about international relations, this book offers needed reflection on the conditions necessary for resolution of intense and long-standing conflicts... Through a unique blend of legal and political theory and a fascinating variety of insights and connections, the authors of Breaking the Cycles of Hatred have produced a highly commendable set of essays that provide a thoughtful perspective for the events of our day. They merit reading and re-reading."--Annette Johnson, The New York Law Journal
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Memory, Law, and Repair by NANCY L. ROSENBLUM 1 1. Breaking the Cycles of Hatred 14 Memory and Hate: Are There Lessons from Around the World? 14 Regulating Hatred: Whose Speech, Whose Crimes, Whose Power? 31 Between Nations and Between Intimates: Can Law Stop the Violence? 56 by MARTHA MINOW 2. Justice and the Experience of Injustice by NANCY L. ROSENBLUM 77 3. Righting Old Wrongs by MARC GALANTER 107 4. Reluctant Redress: The U.S. Kidnapping and Internment of Japanese Latin Americans by ERIC K. YAMAMOTO 132 5. Memory, Hate, and the Criminalization of Bias-Motivated Violence: Lessons from Great Britain by FREDERICK M. LAWRENCE 140 6. Collective Memory, Collective Action, and Black Activism in the 1960s by FREDRICK C. HARRIS 154 7. Beyond Memory: Child Sexual Abuse and the Statute of Limitations by ROSS E. CHEIT AND CAREY JAROS 170 8. Peace on Earth Begins at Home: Reflections from the Women's Liberation Movement by JUDITH LEWIS HERMAN 188 9. The Thin Line between Imposition and Consent: A Critique of Birthright Membership Regimes and Their Implications by AYELET SHACHAR 200 10. When Memory Speaks: Remembrance and Revenge in Unforgiven by AUSTIN SARAT 236 11. Power, Violence, and Legitimacy: A Reading of Hannah Arendt in an Age of Police Brutality and Humanitarian Intervention by IRIS MARION YOUNG 260 Notes on Contributors 289 Index 291
