Mercy : a restorative philosophy / David J. Cornwell ; with a foreword by Tapio Lappi-Seppälä.

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Cover -- Copyright and publication details -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- The author of the Foreword -- Foreword -- Introduction -- An Uncertain Point of Departure -- The Context of this Book -- The Middle-Ages in Western Europe���Justice in Transition -- The Later 20th-Century: The Need for a Different Justice Paradigm -- The Penological Vacuum and the Naissance of Restorative Justice -- The Need for Definition -- Justice Defined -- Its Relationship with Equity -- The Place of Mitigation

The Characteristics of MercyThe Extraordinary Case of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi -- The Ensuing Debate���The Opinion of Professor Anthony Duff -- Professor Lindsay Farmer�s Response to Duff -- Duff�s Response to Lindsay Farmer -- Why is the Debate about Mercy so Important? -- Mercy and the Punitive Legacy -- Background Considerations -- �Populist Punitivism� and Penal Instrumentalism -- The Moral Credibility of the Law and the Place of Mercy -- Alwynne Smart on �Mercy�: Clarification or Confusion? -- �Institutionalising� Mercy

Mercy and Retributive Penology: Incompatible Bedfellows?Towards an Institutionalised Form of Mercy -- Desert of Punishment -- Desert of Mercy -- Bifurcated Criminal Justice -- Conceiving Corrections Differently -- Objections to Bifurcated Penal Policies -- Politics and Public Opinion -- Reparative Sanctions and Victim-Offender Mediation -- Victims of Criminal Justice? -- The nature of the debate -- The Approach of Cavadino and Dignan (1997) -- Victim Status: The Need for Caution -- The Objections of Andrew Ashworth (1992 and 1993)

Victims� Rights: Myth or Reality?The Victim�s Charter 1990 and Onwards -- Exploring Victims� Rights -- The Unique Status of Victims of Crime -- The Nature of Rights -- Victims� Rights: A �First Principle� Approach -- Rights and Responsibilities -- Victim Inclusiveness and Stakeholder Status -- �Fault- Lines� and Fallacies -- The Need to Re-Configure Criminal Justice -- �Fault-lines� within Contemporary Criminal Justice Philosophy -- Crime Control or Crime Reduction -- Traditionalism -- Separation of Powers -- The Uses of Imprisonment

The Structure of Correctional ServicesFallacies within Contemporary Criminal Justice Philosophy -- Retribution versus Restoration -- Mercy has no Place within Criminal Justice -- Bifurcated Justice as Injustice -- Reduced Use of Imprisonment Increases Public Risk -- A Political and Social Consensus for Penal Reform is Impossible to Achieve -- Mercy and Restorative Justice -- Why Restorative Justice Remains Problematic -- Is a �Core Philosophy� of Restorative Justice Essential? -- Is There a Need to Re-evaluate Restorative Justice and Mercy?

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