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contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Pain and Suffering as Facts of Legal Life Austin Sarat 1 1. Suffering the Loss of Suffering: How Law Shapes and Occludes Pain Linda Ross Meyer 14 Commentary: Taming Suffering Meredith M. Render 62 2. The Ambiguous Standing of Suffering in Negligence Law Gregory C. Keating 78 Commentary: Emotional Distress and the Victim’s Perspective Alan L. Durham 122 3. Two Conceptions of Suffering in War John Fabian Witt 129 Commentary: Personal Reflections on Professor John Fabian Witt’s “Two Conceptions of Suffering in War” Stephen H. Hobbs 158 4. Disappearing History: Scenes of Trauma in the Theater of Human Rights Cathy Caruth 170 Commentary: A Record but No Truth? Recording and Re-recording Trauma in the Real-Life Struggle for Civil Rights Montré D. Carodine 201 viii Contents 5. Laws of Trauma Jeannie Suk 212 Commentary: Knowing the Suffering of Others: A Commentary on Jeannie Suk’s “Laws of Trauma” Bryan K. Fair 236 Contributors 243 Index 245 ...

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