Nicola Lacey

State Punishment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lacey criticizes the fundamental liberal philosophical assumptions underlying much of the modern tradition of theorising about punishment and argues instead for its justifying social functions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781138178502
• ISBN-10: 1138178500
• Artikelnr.: 69943684

Autorenporträt

Fellow and Tutor in Law New College, Oxford

Inhaltsangabe

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