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040 _aMAIN
041 _aEnglish
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_bMAY/REN
100 _aMaynard, Katherine
245 _aRevenge versus legality
_cby Katherine Maynard, Jarod Keareny and James Guimond.
260 _aOxon :
_bBirkbeck Law Press,
_c2010.
300 _a214 p.
500 _aTable of contents: Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Revenge and the detective tradition : when dogs don't bark, and detectives don't tell Chapter 3. Some like it wild : supernatural revenge in Sheridan Le Fanu's Mr. Justice Chapter 4. Law and the romantic ego : conspiracy and justice in Honoré de Balzac's Le Père Goriot Chapter 5. Justice, race, and revenge in Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson Chapter 6. The empire strikes back : imperialism and justice in E.M. Forster's A passage to India Chapter 7. Race, sex, fear, revenge in Richard Wright's Native son Chapter 8. State terrorism and revenge in Andre Brink's A dry white season Chapter 9. Rogue cops and beltway vigilantes Index
650 _aRule of law.
650 _aCriminal justice, Administration of.
650 _aVigilantes.
700 _aKeareny, Jarod
_aGuimond, James
942 _cBK
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_d8937