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The Punitive Imagination : Law, Justice, and Responsibility /
From the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. The Punitive Imagination is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purpos...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama :
The University of Alabama Press,
[2014]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | From the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. The Punitive Imagination is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purposes and meanings of punishment in the United States. The Punitive Imagination examines some of the critical assumptions that frame America''s approach to punishment. It explores questions such as:· What is the place of concern for human dignity in our prevailing ideologies of punishment?· |
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| Description: | "This volume is the product of a symposium held at the University of Alabama School of Law on September 28, 2012"--Acknowledgments. |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (198 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780817387969 |