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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455469703321

Autore

Moore Kathleen Dean

Titolo

Pardons : justice, mercy, and the public interest / / Kathleen Dean Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1989

©1989

ISBN

0-19-802250-6

1-280-45397-4

0-19-535426-5

0-585-32364-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Disciplina

347.30577

Soggetti

Pardon - United States

Pardon

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; I: A Philosophical History of Punishment and Pardon; 1. Pardon Before the Enlightenment; 2. Eighteenth-Century Reactions Against Pardon; 3. The Utilitarians' Position; 4. The Nineteenth Century: Pardon and the Right to Punishment; 5. Pardon and the Rehabilitative Ideal; 6. The Retributivist Backlash; 7. Pardoning in Transition; II: A Retributivist Theory of Pardon; 8. How a Retributivist Theory Can Justify Pardon; 9. Legalistic Retributivism; 10. Moralistic Retributivism; 11. Deserving Punishment and Deserving Pardon; 12. Justified Pardons: Innocence

13. Justified Pardons: Excuses14. Justified Pardons: Justifications; 15. Justified Pardons: Adjustments to Sentences; III: Applications, Both Practical and Theoretical; 16. How to Distinguish Forgiveness, Mercy, and Pardon; 17. How to Abuse the Pardoning Power; 18. How Presidential Pardoning Practices Should Be Changed; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Books and Articles; Legal Cases; Public Documents; Unpublished Materials; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z