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Founding the criminal law : punishment and political thought in the origins of America / Ronald J. Pestritto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pestritto, Ronald J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Punishment--United States--History.
- Punishment.
- Criminal law.
- History.
- United States.
- Criminal law--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 197 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2000.
- Contents:
- Part I. Reform in Early America
- 1. The Pennsylvania Experience 13
- 2. The Success of Pennsylvania's Reformers 29
- 3. The Spread of Reform?: The Cases of Virginia and New York 45
- Part II. The Roots of the Punishment Debate
- 4. The Enlightenment: Utility and Amendment 61
- 5. Answering the Enlightenment: Moral Idealism and Punishment as Power 84
- 6. A More Comprehensive Approach: Ancient and Medieval Political Thought 96
- Part III. Just Punishment and The Founding Debate
- 7. Reevaluating the Reform Movement 109
- 8. Punishment and the Founders 119
- Conclusion: The Founders and the Contemporary Debate 139.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0875802605
- OCLC:
- 41531791
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