Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law by H.L.A. Hart

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Original Language: English Narrative Type: Nonfiction Language: english Format: Paperback ISBN: DoesNotApply Author: H.L.A. Hart Genre: Law Book Title: Punishment and Responsibility Publication Year: 1969 Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law by H.L.A. Hart. The main object of this paper is to provide a framework for the discussion of the mounting perplexities which now surround the institution of criminal punishment, and to show that any morally tolerable account of this institution must exhibit it as a compromise between distinct and partly conflicting principles. The main object of this paper is to provide a framework for the discussion of the mounting perplexities which now surround the institution of criminal punishment, and to show that any morally tolerable account of this institution must exhibit it as a compromise between distinct and partly conflicting principles.