Another Look at a Moral Statute of Limitations on Injustice

Disgorging the Fruits of Historical Wrongdoing

“…Legally, we do that for all sorts of reasons, some principled and others pragmatic (Galanter 2002, 111) and not all morally of much merit (Roberts 2003;2007). Even at law, however, there are some wrongs that are deemed to be so grievous that no statute of limitations can apply.…”

“…Of course we could quash questions of historical injustice altogether through a statute of limitations, rendering wrongs committed long ago no longer actionable (Offe 1992). Legally, we do that for all sorts of reasons, some principled and others pragmatic (Galanter 2002, 111) and not all morally of much merit (Roberts 2003; 2007). Even at law, however, there are some wrongs that are deemed to be so grievous that no statute of limitations can apply.…”