Justice and punishment: the rationale of coercion
Auteur :
Matravers, Matt
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198295730
Date de publication :
3 août 2000
Dimensions :
25,0 x 16,4 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
591 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book aims to answer the question: 'why, and by what right,do some people punish others?' With his groundbreaking new theory, the author argues that the justification of punishment must be embedded in a larger political and moral theory. The author uses the problem of punishment to undermine contemporary accounts of justice.