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Punishment, Liberalism, And Public Reason, Chad Flanders Jan 2017

Punishment, Liberalism, And Public Reason, Chad Flanders

All Faculty Scholarship

The article argues for a conception of the justification of punishment that is compatible with a modern, politically liberal regime. Section I deals with what some have thought are the obvious social interests society has in punishing criminals, and tries to develop those possible interests somewhat sympathetically. Section II suggests that many of those reasons are not good ones if punishment is regarded (as it should be) from the perspective of political philosophy. Social responses to bad things happening to people cannot be grounded in controversial metaphysical views about what is good for people or what people deserve, but many …


Fixing The Unfixable: Community Prosecution As A Problem-Solving Strategy To Reduce Crime And Restore Order In East St. Louis, Nicholas W. Klitzing Jan 2012

Fixing The Unfixable: Community Prosecution As A Problem-Solving Strategy To Reduce Crime And Restore Order In East St. Louis, Nicholas W. Klitzing

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


Another Madoff Masquerade?: Questioning “Securities Fraud” In The Crime And Its Cleanup, J. Scott Colesanti Jan 2012

Another Madoff Masquerade?: Questioning “Securities Fraud” In The Crime And Its Cleanup, J. Scott Colesanti

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


When Gangs Were White: Race, Rights, And Youth Crime In New York City, 1954–1964, Anders Walker Jan 2011

When Gangs Were White: Race, Rights, And Youth Crime In New York City, 1954–1964, Anders Walker

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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