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UNINA9910811323903321 |
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Autore |
Lacey Nicola |
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Titolo |
State punishment : political principles and community values / / Nicola Lacey |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-83800-X |
1-280-11018-X |
1-134-83801-8 |
0-203-29748-2 |
0-203-04606-4 |
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Edizione |
[Paperback edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Collana |
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International library of philosophy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Punishment |
Punishment - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-218) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Defining punishment: the need for a justification and the nature of the question -- The traditional justification. Backward looking justifications ; Forward looking justifications ; Mixed theories of punishment -- The relevance of responsibility. Moral responsibility, freedom and punishment ; Moral responsibility and criminal liability ; Reconstructing responsibility ; Responsibility, disposition and autonomy -- The question of legal obligation. Legal obligation and the normativity of the law ; Legal obligation and the law's claim to obedience ; Sanctions and effectiveness -- The nature and limits of the criminal law ; The nature and functions of the criminal law ; The proper ambit of the criminal law -- Political obligation. The nature of political obligation ; An obligation to obey the laws of the system ; Obedience to just laws ; Obedience to unjust laws -- Punishment and the liberal world. Liberalism and theories of punishment ; The theories relocated ; The strengths and weaknesses of liberalism in punishment -- Punishment and community. The primacy of the social ; The ideal of community ; Community and criminal law ; The functions of punishment ; The distribution of punishments ; The form of punishments ; The actual and |
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