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  • Punishment and Retribution

    by Leo Zaibert ...
    Discussions of punishment typically assume that punishment is criminal punishment carried out by the State. Punishment is, however, a richer phenomenon and it occurs in many contexts. This book contains a general account of punishment which overcomes the difficulties of competing accounts. Recognizing punishment's manifoldness is valuable not merely in contributing to conceptual clarity, but in ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Rethinking Punishment

    by Leo Zaibert ...
    The age-old debate about what constitutes just punishment has become deadlocked. Retributivists continue to privilege desert over all else, and consequentialists continue to privilege punishment's expected positive consequences, such as deterrence or rehabilitation, over all else. In this important intervention into the debate, Leo Zaibert argues that despite some obvious differences, these ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Sentencing the Ethically-Motivated Offender

    Mitigation for 'Ethical' Criminality?

    From climate change protests in the West, to pro-democracy demonstrations in Asia, in recent years we have witnessed a global rise in offending motivated by a 'just cause'. This book argues that the conventional criminal law and sentencing frameworks where the offender is seen as malignantly motivated and punished accordingly is inappropriate here. Legislatures, courts, sentencing councils and ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Responding to the Culpable State

    Is Sentence Mitigation Appropriate?

    Series series Studies in Penal Theory and Ethics
    This volume explores ethical aspects relating to claims for mitigation arising from culpable state action (or inaction).It answers the important and controversial question: to what extent should the state mitigate sentencing for defendants who have been victims of state misconduct?The volume explores the normative justifications for mitigation and answers many intriguing questions. For example, in ... Read more

    $49.39 USD

  • The Theory and Practice of Ontology

    Edited by Leo Zaibert ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book provides close examination of ontology and the work of Professor Barry Smith, one of the most prolific philosophers of the modern day. In this book numerous scholars who have collaborated with Smith explore the various disciplines in which the impact of his work has been felt over the breadth of his career, including biology, computer science and informatics, cognitive science, economics ... Read more

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    Series series Key Ideas in Criminology
    What is the role and value of criminology in a democratic society? How do, and how should, its practitioners engage with politics and public policy? How can criminology find a voice in an agitated, insecure and intensely mediated world in which crime and punishment loom large in government agendas and public discourse? What collective good do we want criminological enquiry to promote?In addressing ... Read more

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  • Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs

    On the Principles of Criminalisation

    When should we make use of the criminal law? Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs offers a philosophical analysis of the nature and ethical limits of criminalisation. The authors explore the scope of harm-based prohibitions, proscriptions of offensive behaviour, and 'paternalistic' prohibitions aimed at preventing self-harm, developing guiding principles for these various grounds of state prohibition. Both ... Read more

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  • Law and Crime

    Series series Key Approaches to Criminology
    What is the definition of ′crime′? Law and Crime helps the criminologist to understand how the law constructs crime and how one might engage in critical analysis of such legal constructions. It uses a thematic approach to comprehensively explore the relationship between criminal conduct, criminal justice and the law.The book introduces key topics in criminal law scholarship for criminologists, ... Read more

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  • Principles and Values in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

    Essays in Honour of Andrew Ashworth

    Celebrating the scholarship of Andrew Ashworth, Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford, this collection brings together leading international scholars to explore questions of principle and value in criminal law and criminal justice. Internationally renowned for elaborating a body of principles and values that should underpin criminalization, the criminal process, and ... Read more

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  • Prevention and the Limits of the Criminal Law

    Exploring the principles and values that should guide and limit the state's use of preventive techniques that involve coercion against the individual, this volume arises from a three-year study of Preventive Justice. The contributions examine whether and when preventive measures are justified, whether within or outwith the criminal law, and whether they signal a larger change in the architecture ... Read more

    $125.09 USD

  • Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law

    Series series Philosophical Foundations of Law
    How do we understand and justify the particular partialities that discrimination law tries to protect against? Are different discrimination laws from around the world grounded in a single set of norms? And does discrimination law fail to treat people as individuals? The philosophical study around discrimination law in the private and public sector is a relatively young field of inquiry. This is ... Read more

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  • Rethinking Criminal Law Theory

    New Canadian Perspectives in the Philosophy of Domestic, Transnational, and International Criminal Law

    In the last two decades, the philosophy of criminal law has undergone a vibrant revival in Canada. The adoption of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has given the Supreme Court of Canada unprecedented latitude to engage with principles of legal, moral, and political philosophy when elaborating its criminal law jurisprudence. Canadian scholars have followed suit by paying increased attention to ... Read more

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