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The ends of harm : the moral foundations of criminal law /
How can the brutal and costly enterprise of criminal punishment be justified? This text makes a contribution to the philosophical literature and debate on the morality of punishing, arguing that punishment is justified in the duties that offenders incur as a result of their wrongdoing.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Oxford legal philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How can the brutal and costly enterprise of criminal punishment be justified? This text makes a contribution to the philosophical literature and debate on the morality of punishing, arguing that punishment is justified in the duties that offenders incur as a result of their wrongdoing. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 370 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-368) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191731341 019173134X 9780191029561 0191029564 |