The Crimes of the Powerful: Between Force and Consensus

Power entails the ability to act and overcome obstacles erected by those who are subject it. It also capacity make one’s crimes acceptable, while formulating criminal imputations against others. The of powerful, in this contribution, examined through lenses a number intertwined variables: coercion, legitimacy, violence, secrecy, consensus, hegemony. Ostentation, imitation, admiration considered as components these types feelings they elicit. While controversies surrounding legal responses powerful discussed, efficacy concerted action them is optimistically invoked.