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Description
180 pages ; 24 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180).
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.
