Freedom from Past Injustices - A Critical Evaluation of Claims for Inter-Generational Reparations (Hardcover)

Should contemporary citizens provide material redress to right past wrongs? There is a widespread belief that people today should take responsibility for rectifying the wrongs of their ancestors. Nahshon Perez challenges this view, questioning attempts to aggregate dead wrongdoers with living people. He distinguishes sharply between those who are indeed unjustly enriched by past wrongs, and those who are not. Perez concludes that individuals have the right to a clean slate, and that almost all of the pro-intergenerational redress arguments are unconvincing. This title is unique in claiming past wrongs should not be rectified. It analyses pro-intergenerational material redress arguments. Case studies include court cases from Australia, Northern Cyprus, the United States and Austria.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	October 2012
Authors:	Nahshon Perez
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-7486-4962-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Promotions
LSN:	0-7486-4962-X
Barcode:	9780748649624

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