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In Australia, judges are legally obliged to take a person's apparent remorse into account when formulating their sentence, and yet how remorse is measured remains unclear. Kate Rossmanith's new hybrid memoir, 'Small Wrongs: How We Really Say Sorry in Life, Love and Law', investigates legal, cultural, religious understandings of remorse and how they play out both in courtrooms and our personal lives. In this podcast, Kate tells Emma Harvey - a former writing student of hers - about comportment and composure in the courtroom, interviewing Supreme Court judges, and why we expect apologies, and ask for redemption, in our everyday lives.Get the book here: http://bit.ly/2uX9FO8
In Australia, judges are legally obliged to take a person’s apparent remorse into account when formulating their sentence, and yet how remorse is measured remains unclear. Kate Rossmanith’s new hybrid memoir, 'Small Wrongs: How We Really Say Sorry in Life, Love and Law', investigates legal, cultural, religious understandings of remorse and how they play out both in courtrooms and our personal lives. In this podcast, Kate tells Emma Harvey - a former writing student of hers - about comportment and composure in the courtroom, interviewing Supreme Court judges, and why we expect apologies, and ask for redemption, in our everyday lives. Get the book here: http://bit.ly/2uX9FO8
Author, academic and essayist, Kate Rossmanith joined Amy in the studio to discuss how we might define and measure remorse, particularly in the courtroom. They explore this and more from her hybrid memoir 'Small Wrongs: How We Really Say Sorry in Love, Life and Law.' Broadcast on 26 June, 2018.
Author, academic and essayist,Kate Rossmanith joined Amy in the studio to talk about her hybrid memoirSmall Wrongs: How We Really Say Sorry in Love, Life and Law.Jean-Dominique Mellot, Chief Curator of theBibliothque nationale de France (BnF), and specialist in the history of books, publishing, and cultural practices in the 17th and 18th centuries; along with Wallace Kirsop, Adjunct Professor at Monash University came in to talk about theState Library of Victoria's2018 Foxcroft Lecture. Mellot will deliver the lecture, 'Policing the Parisian Book Trade in the Age of Enlightenment.' Plus Plus Ben Eltham came in to discuss the week in federal politics.
Author, academic and essayist,Kate Rossmanith joined Amy in the studio to talk about her hybrid memoirSmall Wrongs: How We Really Say Sorry in Love, Life and Law.
Remorse plays an important part in Australia’s criminal justice system, impacting both sentencing and parole. Kate Rossmanith’s book, Small Wrongs, explores remorse in all its complexity. Join Michelle Hamadache as she talks with Kate about researching and writing her compelling new release. For more info visit our website at: https://www.fromthelighthouse.org