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American Oresteia: Herbert Wechsler, The Model Penal Code, And The Uses Of Revenge, Anders Walker
American Oresteia: Herbert Wechsler, The Model Penal Code, And The Uses Of Revenge, Anders Walker
All Faculty Scholarship
The American Law Institute recently revised the Model Penal Code's sentencing provisions, calling for a renewed commitment to proportionality based on the gravity of offenses, the "blameworthiness" of offenders, and the "harms done to crime victims." Already, detractors have criticized this move, arguing that it replaces the Code's original commitment to rehabilitation with a more punitive attention to retribution. Yet, missing from such calumny is an awareness of retribution's subtle yet significant role in both the drafting and enactment of the first Model Penal Code (MPC). This article recovers that role by focusing on the retributive views of its first …
Lex Americana: Constitutional Due Process And The Nuremberg Defendants, Jonathan A. Bush
Lex Americana: Constitutional Due Process And The Nuremberg Defendants, Jonathan A. Bush
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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