| State Punishment Revised Edition Contributor(s): Lacey, Nicola (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415109388 ISBN-13: 9780415109383 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1994 Annotation: "State Punishment" presents a new approach to the question of the moral justification of punishment by the state. Nicola Lacey focuses on the theory of punishment in the context of other political questions such as the nature of political obligation and the function and scope of criminal law. Arguing that no convincing set of justifying reasons has so far been produced, Lacey puts forward a theory of punishments which places the values of the community at its center. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 364.6 |
| LCCN: 94017878 |
| Series: Routledge Critical Assessments of Leading Economists |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.68 lbs) 236 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nicola Lacey presents a new approach to the question of the moral justification of punishment by the State. She focuses on the theory of punishments in context of other political questions, such as the nature of political obligation and the function and scope of criminal law. Arguing that no convincing set of justifying reasons has so far been produced, she puts forward a theory of punishments which places the values of the community at its centre. |