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Rights forfeiture and punishment / Christopher Wellman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wellman, Christopher Heath, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Punishment--Philosophy.
- Punishment.
- Forfeiture--Philosophy.
- Forfeiture.
- Human rights.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Philosophy.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Forfeiture--Criminal provisions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- In 'Rights Forfeiture and Punishment', Christopher Wellman argues that those of us who seek to defend the moral permissibility of punishment should shift our focus from general justifying aims to moral side constraints.
- Contents:
- Defending forfeiture theory
- State punishment and international criminal law
- Torts versus crimes
- Procedural rights
- The problem of relatedness
- Mala prohibita
- No one defends the status quo.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2017).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 0-19-067643-4
- 0-19-027478-6
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