The Crisis of Democracy: Report on the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission (Triangle Papers)

Book by Crozier, Michel, Huntington, Samuel P., Watanuki, Joji The Passions of Law is the first anthology to treat the role that emotions play, don't play, and ought to play in the practice and conception of law and justice. Lying at the intersection of law, psychology, and philosophy, this emergent field of law scholarship raises some of the most profound and interesting questions at the heart of jurisprudence. For example, what role do emotions like fear, cowardice, disgust, respect, revenge, remorse, shame, love, mercy, and compassion play in the decision-making processes of judges, lawyers, juries, and clients? What emotions belong in which legal contexts? Is there a hierarchy of emotions, and, if so, through what sources do we identify it? To what extent are emotions subject to change or tutelage? How can we evaluate the role of emotion in such disparate contexts as death sentencing, laws about same-sex marriage, hate crime legislation, punitive damages, or shaming penalties?Consisting entirely of original essays by leading scholars of law, theology, political science, and philosophy, The Passions of Law contributes to ongoing efforts to humanize law and reveals how this previously unacknowledged aspect of decision-making exerts a much greater impact on justice and the practice of law than most tend, or like, to think. Report on current trends in democracy in Western Europe, the USA and Japan - discusses the collapse of traditional authority and institutional framework, core political ideology and political behaviour, the decline of leadership and the spread of bureaucracy, etc Western Europe -- The United States -- Japan. Michel Crozier, Samuel P. Huntington, Joji Watanuki. Includes Bibliographical References.