The Right to Be Punished Modern Doctrinal Sentencing /

• Main Author: Hallevy, Gabriel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Constitutional law.; Human rights.; International criminal law.; Criminology.; International Criminal Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Human Rights.; Philosophy of Law.; Constitutional Law.

Does an offender have the right to be punished? "The right to be punished" may sound like an oxymoron, but it is not necessarily so. With the emergence of modern criminal law, the offender gained the right to be punished by rational criminal law rather than being lynched by an angry mob. T...