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Author Shuster, Arthur, 1980- author.

Title Punishment and the history of political philosophy : from classical republicanism to the crisis of modern criminal justice / Arthur Shuster.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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Subject Punishment -- Philosophy.
Punishment -- Philosophy.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Philosophy.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Philosophy.
Punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Punishment -- Political aspects.
Punishment -- Political aspects.
Punishment.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Shuster, Arthur, 1980- Punishment and the history of political philosophy 9781442647282 (OCoLC)925399363
ISBN 9781442667709 (electronic book)
1442667702 (electronic book)
9781442647282
1442647280