State Punishment

By:

Nicola Lacey

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Paperback / softback

Series:

International library of philosophy

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A lawyer by training, Nicola Lacey presents a new approach to the questions of the moral justification of punishment by the State. She focuses on the theory of punishment in the context of other political questions, such as the function and scope of the criminal law. Lacey criticises the fundamental liberal philosophical assumptions underlying much of the modern tradition of theorising 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 political philosophy. Cogently and lucidly argued, the book will be of interest to philosophers, social theorists and lawyers alike.

Author Biography:

Fellow and Tutor in Law New College, Oxford

Release date Australia

September 22nd, 1994

Author

Nicola Lacey

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Pages

236

Series

International library of philosophy

Dimensions

140x216x14

ISBN-13

9780415109383

Product ID

2818776

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