Punishment and Retribution

Punishment and Retribution

Zaibert, Leo

Taylor & Francis Ltd

01/2006

236

Dura

Inglês

9780754623892

15 a 20 dias

Discussions of punishment typically assume that punishment is criminal punishment carried out by the State. This book contains a general account of punishment which overcomes the difficulties of competing accounts. It sheds light on the complicated problem of punishment's justification.
Contents: Introduction; Theories and justifications; Taking punishment seriously; Punishment and revenge; A taxonomy of retributivism; Minimalism, logic, and normativity; Retributivism and the normative universe; Moralisms, justifications, and intrinsic value; Bibliography; Index.
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