Annalise Acorn, 'Punishment as Help and The Blaming Emotions' - a podcast by The ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800)

Annalise Acorn is Professor of Law at the University of Alberta. She works on the theory of emotions in the context of conflict and justice, and is the author of Compulsory Compassion: A Critique of Restorative Justice (UBC Press, 2004) and a forthcoming book on resentment and responsibility. This public lecture opened a conference on 'Emotions in Legal Practice: Historical and Modern Attitudes Compared', and was delivered at The University of Sydney on 26 September 2016. In the paper, Acorn argues that criminal punishment devoid of emotions of blame is contrary to the morally robust justification for the criminal law. The lecture was jointly sponsored by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions and Sydney Ideas.

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