Confessions of First‐Time Authors

The Confessions of Montaigne

Montaigne rarely repented and he viewed confession—both juridical and ecclesiastical—with skepticism. Confession, Montaigne believed, forced a mode of self-representation onto the speaker that was inevitably distorting. Repentance, moreover, made claims about self-transformation that Montaigne found improbable. This article traces these themes in the context of Montaigne‘s Essays, with particul...

Confessions and expert testimony.

In this clinical paper, the author discusses criminal confessions from the point of view of the expert witness who may be asked to comment on the reliability of the statement and waiver of rights. From the time a suspect is in police custody, constitutional protections against self-incrimination and for due process are in place. The Supreme Court set the standard for these situations in the 196...

Confessions of a Formal Methodist

Interrogations and Confessions

Confessions of an usability heretic

Una premessa: personalmente sono contro tutte le forme di fondamentali-smo, siano esse religiose, ideologiche, di qualsivoglia natura. Penso che il fon-damentalismo conduca ad una descrizio-ne della realtà estremamente limitata e scarna. Tende a rimuovere le diversità e le differenze, con lo scopo di cancel-lare la complessità, di nascondere le intricate trame delle attività e delle esistenze a...