The Legal Aspects of Shaming: An Ancient Sanction in the Modern World

埃尔加在法律和社会研究

Edited by Meital Pinto, Senior Lecturer of Public Law and Legal Theory, Law School, Zefat Academic College; Law Faculty, Ono Academic College and Guy Seidman, Professor of Public Law, Law School, Reichman University, Israel

Offering an original legal definition of shaming, this incisive book argues for greater attention to shaming by legal scholars and practitioners. Suggesting nuanced procedures to regulate shaming in diverse areas of law, it seeks to make shaming by legal entities legitimate and effective, and to use legal mechanisms to limit inappropriate shaming in non-legal contexts.

‘The days of the Scarlet Letter may be over but shaming has been modernized and weaponized in a variety of ways, including on social media. But this is not a collection of anecdotes about the victims of digital shaming. This is an important collection that acknowledges shaming as a serious point of academic inquiry. It is a rich and refreshing look at shaming from multiple perspectives that explores many pitfalls but also the many promises of modern shaming punishments, including how shaming has been used in regulating large companies.’
– Jennifer Jacquet, New York University, US