A Historical Approach to Casuistry: Norms and Exceptions in a Comparative Perspective - Paperbackby Carlo Ginzburg (Editor), Lucio Biasiori (Editor) Casuistry, the practice of resolving moral problems by applying a logical framework, has had a much larger historical presence before and since it was given a name in the Renaissance. The contributors to this volume examine a series of case studies to explain how different cultures and religions, past and present, have wrestled with morality's exceptions and margins and the norms with which they