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Published on: 2001-10-01
Released on: 2001-10-01
Original language: English

The constant call to admit guilt amounts almost to a tyranny of confession today. We demand tell-all tales in the public dramas of the courtroom, the talk shows, and in print, as well as in the more private spaces of the confessional and the psychoanalyst's office. Yet we are also deeply uneasy with the concept: how can we tell whether a confession is true What if it has been coercedIn Troubling Confessions, Peter Brooks juxtaposes cases from law and literature to explore the kinds of truth we associate with confessions, and why we both rely on them and regard them with suspicion. For centuries the law has considered confession to be "the queen of proofs," yet it has also seen a need to regulate confessions and the circumstances under which they are made, as evidenced in the continuing debate over the Miranda decision. Western culture has made confessional speech a prime measure of authenticity, seeing it as an expression of selfhood that bears witness to personal truth. Yet the urge to confess may be motivated by inextricable layers of shame, guilt, self-loathing, the desire to propitiate figures of authority. Literature has often understood the problematic nature of confession better than the law, as Brooks demonstrates in perceptive readings of legal cases set against works by Rousseau, Dostoevsky, Joyce, and Camus, among others.Mitya in The Brothers Karamazov captures the trouble with confessional speech eloquently when he offers his confession with the anguished plea: this is a confession; handle with care. By questioning the truths of confession, Peter Brooks challenges us to reconsider how we demand confessions and what we do with them. Government Attacking Sabbath! - remnantofgod.org Prophetically speaking Farah's "restitution of things" is nothing more than a precursor to the prophecy of 1 Thessalonians 5:3 that says "For when they shall say ... International News World News - ABC News Yahoo!-ABC News Network 2017 ABC News Internet Ventures. All rights reserved. U.S. News National News - ABC News Sections; Top Stories; Video; Election; U.S. World; Entertainment; Health; Tech; Lifestyle; Money; Investigative; Sports; Good News; Weather; Photos; Shows. Shows ... Judaism religion Britannica.com Law embraces practically all domains of Jewish life and it became the principle means by which Judaism was to bring about the reign of God on earth. Shaken-Baby Syndrome Faces New Questions in Court - The ... At 4 months Noah Whitmer was an easy baby. Super tranquilo remembers Trudy Eliana Muoz Rueda who took care of Noah at her home day care center in ... Roger Roots Are Cops Constitutional? * Roger Isaac Roots J.D. M.C.J. graduated from Roger Williams University School of Law in 1999 Roger Williams University School of Justice Studies in 2001 and ... Only the Guilty Would Confess to Crimes: Understanding ... Don't miss our researcher/expert responses at the end of this article: Saul Kassin Walter Katz Karen Franklin and Larry Barksdale. I would never confess to ... Due Process and Counterterrorism - Emory Law Due Process and Counterterrorism Amos N. Guiora Professor of Law S.J. Quinney College of Law University of Utah; author of Freedom from Religion: Rights and ... Recent Updates :: SSRN - Social Science Research Network What's New At SSRN was generated on 10/11/2016 23:00:29 This is a list of Abstract Pages that have been updated in the last 21 days. 3252 Sex-Based Differences in ... Lanning Report (1992) - Internet Sacred Text Archive Sacred-texts Neopaganism index INVESTIGATOR'S GUIDE TO ALLEGATIONS OF "RITUAL" CHILD ABUSE January 1992 Kenneth V. Lanning Supervisory Special Agent
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