Pardons —— Justice, Mercy, and the Public Interest

----- 赦免：正义，怜悯和公共利益

ISBN: 9780195113945 出版年：1997 页码：284 Moore, Kathleen Dean Oxford University Press

Kathleen Dean Moore begins with a review of the history of thought and practice on the subject of legal pardons, illustrated with a rich and fascinating variety of historical cases. She then addresses many crucial issues surrounding acts of clemency, including what justifies pardoning power, who should be pardoned, and the definition of an unforgivable crime. She carefully analyses the moral justification of pardons, discussing how to distinguish between justifiable, even morally obligatory, cases and unjustifiable abuses of clemency power.