Why criminal harms matter: Plato's abiding insight in the Laws

Criminal Law and Philosophy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-326

  Westen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Causation; Desert; Harm; Plato; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548739155     PISSN: 18719791     EISSN: 18719805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11572-006-9024-8     Document Type: Article

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