Whoever decides over the lives of others exercises a form of power. And power, when not educated by the gaze, becomes arbitrariness. This volume, the fruit of an encounter between a criminal proceduralist and a scholar of Italian studies, explores the great questions of criminal justice — power, responsibility, decision-making — through the texts of the Western literary tradition, from Greco-Roman antiquity to Kafka, from Shakespeare to Manzoni. The jurisprudential-literary perspective is not an academic exercise: it is a civic necessity, at a time when wars, crime reporting and environmental disasters demand that we refine our capacity to judge. It is addressed to students, lecturers, researchers, jurists, and anyone who reflects upon the ethical foundations of power.
Publisher G. Giappichelli Editore
Authors Bruna Capparelli | Gian Mario Anselmi
Year 2026
Available to buy online.
Whoever decides over the lives of others exercises a form of power. And power, when not educated by the gaze, becomes arbitrariness. This volume, the fruit of an encounter between a criminal proceduralist and a scholar of Italian studies, explores the great questions of criminal justice — power, responsibility, decision-making — through the texts of the Western literary tradition, from Greco-Roman antiquity to Kafka, from Shakespeare to Manzoni. The jurisprudential-literary perspective is not an academic exercise: it is a civic necessity, at a time when wars, crime reporting and environmental disasters demand that we refine our capacity to judge. It is addressed to students, lecturers, researchers, jurists, and anyone who reflects upon the ethical foundations of power.
Publisher G. Giappichelli Editore
Authors Bruna Capparelli | Gian Mario Anselmi
Year 2026
Available to buy online.