Open AccessThe Justification of Punishment
Author(s) -
Barry J. Cavanaugh
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
alberta law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8356
pISSN - 0002-4821
DOI - 10.29173/alr2275
Subject(s) - punishment (psychology) , retributive justice , argument (complex analysis) , criminal law , criminology , law , law and economics , philosophy , psychology , sociology , political science , economic justice , social psychology , medicine
The author deals extensively, in a philosophical vein, with the justification of punishment and the criminal law. Isthere a right for society to protect itself? The argument herein tends to the apparently paradoxical conclusion that retribution may well be the most humane and most just basis for punishment.
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