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Hart, H.L.A.
Formerly Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford
Gardner, John
Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford
Print publication date: 2008 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2009 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953477-7 doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199534777.003.0001 |
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This chapter provides a framework for the discussion of the mounting perplexities which now surround the institution of criminal punishment. It shows that any morally tolerable account of this institution must exhibit it as a compromise between distinct and partly conflicting principles.
Keywords: criminal punishment, distribution, justification, excuse, mitigation,
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199534777.003.0001
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I PROLEGOMENON TO THE PRINCIPLES OF PUNISHMENT
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