A Free, Virtual Author Talk by Judith Resnik on Impermissible Punishments: exploring the history of punishment inside prison and the rules that organize prisons.
Thursday, January 15 at 7pm on Zoom
Falmouth Jewish Congregation is honored to host Judith Resnick discussing her newest book, Impermissible Punishments. Register here for this Zoom event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/aK2UOZe9TH69hhjThAmA1A
Our partner, Eight Cousins Books in Falmouth, is selling copies of Together in Manzanar. Contact them at https://www.eightcousins.com
Impermissible Punishments explores the history of punishment inside prisons and how governments grappled with obligations to justify the punishments they impose. Legal scholar Judith Resnik charts the creation of the corrections profession and weaves together the stories of people who made rules for prisons and the stories of those living under the resulting regimes
“In this truly original and deeply researched long history of punishment, Judith Resnik offers an overdue look at the dizzying kaleidoscope of ethical, legal, political, and human forces at work…that have created our massive and most brutal system of justice. As important, she gives us the tools to reimagine it. Given the critical significance of context, both past and present, Impermissible Punishments is a stunning must-read.” -- Heather Ann Thompson
Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She has authored many works, including Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms.