Perjury and Pardon, Volume IAn inquiry into the problematic of perjury, or lying, and forgiveness from one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. One only ever asks forgiveness for what is unforgivable. From this contradiction begins Perjury and Pardon, a two year series of seminars given by Jacques Derrida at the cole des hautes tudes en sciences sociales in Paris in the late 1990s. In these sessions, Derrida focuses on the philosophical, ethical,