The Right to Be Punished Modern Doctrinal Sentencing /

• Main Author: Hallevy, Gabriel. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Law.; Philosophy of law.; Constitutional law.; Criminology.; International Criminal Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Human Rights.; Philosophy of Law.; Constitutional Law.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32388-1

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...

Table of Contents:

• Punishment as Part of Modern Criminal Law Theory
• General Purposes of Punishment
• General Considerations of Punishment
• General Structure of Doctrinal Sentencing
• Physical Punishments
• Economic Punishments
• Conclusion.