Retributivism has a past has it a future? / [electronic resource] :
edited by Michael Tonry.
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (ix, 291 p.).
- Studies in penal theory and philosophy .
- Studies in penal theory and philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A collection of essays by major figures in punishment theory law, and philosophy that reconsiders the popularity and prospects of retributivism, the notion that punishment is morally justified because people have behaved wrongly.
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