Two Kinds of Retributivism

Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Berman, Mitchell N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequentialism; Criminal law; Punishment; Retributivism; Retributivist consequentialism

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EID: 84255180756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199559152.003.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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