Former Harvard Law School dean martha minow questions whether forgiveness can strengthen the american Justice System. She is interviewed i george, professor and former federal prosecutors paul butler. After words is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. Ill after words programs are available as podcasts. Host full disclosure you and i go way back. He you were my law professor at harvard and you taught me family law. You were to go on from being a lowly assistant professor to a storied career not culminating but you were the dean of Harvard Law School. When i knew you you are my favorite law professor. Im not alone and that. In 2008 the junior senator from illinois was a man named barack obama and he said when i was at Harvard Law School i had a teacher who changed my life, martha minow. Guest its a delight to be here and i learned so much from you through the year so thank you for doingng that. Host i couldnt pa
You were to no one from being an assistant processor to a story career. Along the way, you were the dean of harvard law school. You are just my favorite law professor. Im not alone in that in 2008. Junior senator from illinois was a man named barack obama. He said when i was at harvard law school, i had a teacher who changed my life. Martha. It is such a delight to be here. I have learned so much from you through the years. I love the book because it has your voice. Its compassionate. Its brilliant. It is wise. It is grounded weird it is gently provocative. Thank you. How did you come to doing this legendary career. The highest legal power to writing a book about forgiveness i wrote a book about 20 years ago about responses to mass violence. At that time, the commission in south africa had just started. I was so intrigued by the development of a new Legal Institution to deal with horrific violence and oppression. I wrote a book finding an alternative to these two different responses to
It is a little light to be here and ive learned so much from you through the years. I love the book because it has your voice, its compassionate, brilliant, wise, grounded and provocative. Thank you. How did you come with this legendary career from axis to the highest part of the legal power to writing a book about forgiveness. I wrote a book 20 years ago about responses to Mass Violence and at that time my Conciliation Commission had just started and it was so intrigued by the development of an institution to deal with horrific violence and oppression. And i wrote a book and i called it between forgiveness finding an alternative to the two different responses to horrific acts and ever since that time they said why between, why cannot it forgive itself. Magically and thats what made me write this book. The law does forgive at times, you talk about examples of how right now the law can be forgiving. Tell me about this example. It may seem surprising since one of the most fundamental com
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