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Pardons : justice, mercy, and public interest.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; I: A Philosophical History of Punishment and Pardon; 1. Pardon Before the Enlightenment; 2. Eighteenth-Century Reactions Against Pardon; 3. The Utilitarians' Position; 4. The Nineteenth Century: Pardon and the Right to Punishment; 5. Pardon and the Rehabilitative Ideal; 6. The Retributivist Backlash; 7. Pardoning in Transition; II: A Retributivist Theory of Pardon; 8. How a Retributivist Theory Can Justify Pardon; 9. Legalistic Retributivism; 10. Moralistic Retributivism; 11. Deserving Punishment and Deserving Pardon; 12. Justified Pardons: Innocence.
- 13. Justified Pardons: Excuses14. Justified Pardons: Justifications; 15. Justified Pardons: Adjustments to Sentences; III: Applications, Both Practical and Theoretical; 16. How to Distinguish Forgiveness, Mercy, and Pardon; 17. How to Abuse the Pardoning Power; 18. How Presidential Pardoning Practices Should Be Changed; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Books and Articles; Legal Cases; Public Documents; Unpublished Materials; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.