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Punishment and the history of political philosophy : from classical republicanism to the crisis of modern criminal justice / Arthur Shuster.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442667709
  • 1442667702
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Punishment and the history of political philosophyDDC classification:
  • 364.601 23
LOC classification:
  • K5103 .S58 2016eb
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
  • coll13
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The problem of punishment and the limits of reform in Plato's Laws -- Modern natural right and punishment in Hobbes's Leviathan -- Liberalizing the criminal law : Montesquieu and Beccaria -- Retribution and individual autonomy in Kant's Rechtslehre -- Foucault and the crisis of modern criminal justice -- Conclusion: Punishment and liberalism.
Summary: "In Punishment and the History of Political Philosophy, Arthur Shuster offers an insightful study of punishment in the works of Plato, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Beccaria, Kant, and Foucault. Through careful interpretation of their key texts, he argues that continuing tensions over retribution's role in punishment reflect the shift in political philosophy from classical republicanism to modern notions of individual natural rights and the social contract."-- From publisher's website.
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Introduction -- The problem of punishment and the limits of reform in Plato's Laws -- Modern natural right and punishment in Hobbes's Leviathan -- Liberalizing the criminal law : Montesquieu and Beccaria -- Retribution and individual autonomy in Kant's Rechtslehre -- Foucault and the crisis of modern criminal justice -- Conclusion: Punishment and liberalism.

"In Punishment and the History of Political Philosophy, Arthur Shuster offers an insightful study of punishment in the works of Plato, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Beccaria, Kant, and Foucault. Through careful interpretation of their key texts, he argues that continuing tensions over retribution's role in punishment reflect the shift in political philosophy from classical republicanism to modern notions of individual natural rights and the social contract."-- From publisher's website.

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