Concept and Context: Mercy in Criminal and Civil Law, Human Rights Law, Religious Law, and Divine Law
Written during the ‘Year of Mercy’ (2016) proclaimed by Pope Francis, this study examines the role of mercy from the perspective of law codes. State law, human rights law, and religious law can all be vehicles of mercy—though seeming to require that the recipient meets any necessary ‘deserving’ crit...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill, Nijhoff
2017
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Religion and human rights
Year: 2017, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 38-65 |
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Mercy
criminal law
civil law
human rights law
religious law
divine law
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