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- Arendt says forgiving and promising are the only remedies for what we do. Can a state do either?
Henrike, from the bench I would separate three things that often travel together: an amnesty, a pardon and forgiveness. In Portugal an amnesty is a law passed by parliament, deciding that certain acts…
- Judges make law in hard cases, and pretending they discover it does more harm than good
For, though not quite for your reason. I sat in the family and children's courts in Porto for twenty-six years, where the law runs out almost every day. The code tells you to decide according to…