Breaking the cycles of hatred : memory, law, and repair / Martha Minow ; introduced and with commentaries edited by Nancy L. Rosenblum.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Memory, law, and repair / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- Breaking the cycles of hatred / Martha Minow -- Justice and the experience of injustice / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- Righting old wrongs / Marc Galanter -- Reluctant redress: the U.S. kidnapping and internment of Japanese Latin Americans / Eric K. Yamamoto -- Memory, hate, and the criminalization of bias-motivated violence: lessons from Great Britain / Frederick M. Lawrence -- Collective memory, collective action, and black activism in the 1960s / Fredrick C. Harris -- Beyond memory: child sexual abuse and the statute of limitations / Ross E. Cheit, Carey Jaros -- Peace on earth begins at home: reflections from the women's liberation movement / Judith Lewis Herman -- Thin line between imposition and consent: a critique of birthright membership regimes and their implications / Ayelet Shachar -- When memory speaks: remembrance and revenge in Unforgiven / Austin Sarat -- Power, violence, and legitimacy: a reading of Hannah Arendt in an age of police brutality and humanitarian intervention / Iris Marion Young.

Violence so often begets violence. Victims respond with revenge only to inspire seemingly endless cycles of retaliation. Conflicts between nations, between ethnic groups, between strangers, and between family members differ in so many ways and yet often share this dynamic. In this powerful and timely book Martha Minow and others ask: What explains these cycles and what can break them? What lessons can we draw from one form of violence that might be relevant to other forms? Can legal responses to violence provide accountability but avoid escalating vengeance? If so, what kinds of legal institut.

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