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From the return of the death penalty to the wars on terror and in Iraq, Americans demand retribution and moral certainty; they assert the 'rights of victims' and make pronouncements against 'evil'. Terry Aladjem argues that this dangerously authoritarian turn has its origins in the tradition of liberal justice itself.Aladjem, Terry Kenneth is the author of 'Culture of Vengeance and the Fate of American Justice' with ISBN 9780521713863 and ISBN 0521713862.
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