State Punishment: Political Principles and Community Values

ISBN-13: 9780415109383 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 240 str.

Nicola Lacey;Lacey Nicola

Opis

This work focuses on the theory of punishment in the context of other political questions, such as the function and scope of the criminal law. It criticizes the fundamental liberal philosophical assumptions underlying much of the modern tradition of theorizing about punishment, and argues instead for a conception of the justifying social functions of punishment proceeding from a different set of assumptions and a different background in political philosophy.

Recenzje

`Its arguments ... pursuade us that there are indeed fresh lines of inquiry to be pursued, and that these may prove well worth pursuing.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

`This book makes a substantial contribution to the punishment debate, and has a claim on any legal theorist's attention.' - Criminal Law Review

`This carefully constructed and persistently argued book is impressive and demanding of our attention.' - Times Literary Supplement

`One is greatly indebted to Lacey for bringing so many issues so clearly and cogently together.' - Utilitas

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Preliminaries; Chapter 2 The Traditional Justifications; Chapter 3 The Relevance of Responsibility; Chapter 4 The Question of Legal Obligation; Chapter 5 The Nature and Limits of the Criminal Law; Chapter 6 Political Obligation; Chapter 7 Punishment and the Liberal World; Chapter 8 Punishment and Community;

O autorze

Fellow and Tutor in Law New College, Oxford