Punishment, Responsibility, and Justice: A Relational Critique

by Alan Norrie

Overview

This book addresses the retributive and "orthodox subjectivist" theories that dominate criminal justice theory alongside recent "revisionist" and "postmodern" approaches. Norrie argues that all these approaches, together with their faults and contradictions, stem from their orientation to themes in Kantian moral philosophy. He explores an alternative relational or dialectical approach; examines the work of Ashworth, Duff, Fletcher, Moore, Smith, and Williams; and considers key doctrinal issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198259565
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/11/2001
Series:	Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

King's College, London

Table of Contents

1. Criminal Justice after KantI. THEORETICAL APPROACHES2. The Limits of Kantian Justice3. Critique of Criminal Justice4. A Dialectical ApproachII. CRIMINAL JUSTICE THINKING5. Individualizing Blame6. 'Contextualizing' Blame7. Legalizing Blame I. The Quest for the General Part8. Legalizing Blame II: Doctrinal Problems in the General PartIII. AFTER KANT: THE BLAMING RELATION9. Relationizing Blame10. Conclusion