Overview

There is no universally accepted definition of moral damages, but the concept is usually understood in the context of torts that cause psychological harm to a person or a person’s rights that are difficult to quantify. Heaven’s Chancellery describes the difficulties of obtaining legal compensation for damages by victims of such moral injustice. To convey the legal impossibility of just compensation for intangible, and therefore immeasurable, damage, the author presents a fictional account of Adam, a scientist who believes the earthly judicial system has wronged him. Adam finds true compensation only when he is invited on a journey to seek justice in Heaven’s Chancellery. By utilizing a narrative fiction, the author invites a wide audience of readers to examine the complications of compensation for intangible damage. Even if moral damage is deemed impossible to fully compensate through the legal terms that we have been used for centuries, the story of Adam’s journey in Heaven’s Chancellery upholds a possibility of an alternative avenue for justice previously denied to him by the earthly convent. This book will be of interest to students of law and the general reader alike.

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Author:   Irina Zakirova
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9780761864523

ISBN 10:   0761864520
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   24 September 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Meeting an Angel on a Roof Chapter 2: Conflict with an Actor Chapter 3: The “Law-Abiding” Angel Chapter 4: Angela Phoros Brings the Summons Chapter 5: A Ride on a Phaeton Chapter 6: Meeting Themis Chapter 7: Strolling in Heaven’s Chancellery Chapter 8: The Threshold of Seventh Level of Heaven’s Chancellery Chapter 9: Heaven’s Chancellery: The Trial Begins Chapter 10: Heaven’s Chancellery: The Trial Chapter 11: The N.Y. Supreme Court: Losing a Winning Case Chapter 12: Hoop-la Around the Cap with a Tassel Chapter 13: Finding Little Countess Chapter 14: Journey to the Castle Chapter 15: Justice Served Chapter 16: Adam’s Triumph Chapter 17: The Secret Archive of Heaven’s Chancellery Chapter 18: Meanwhile in Heaven’s Chancellery Epilogue

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Irina Zakirova is adjunct assistant professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. She earned a PhD in legal studies—with a focus on compensation for damages—and has worked as a writer in several newspapers and magazines in her native country of Uzbekistan. She was a lecturer and taught legal studies at the Academy of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

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