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New Career Paths: From Computing Services To Library Director, James G. Milles
New Career Paths: From Computing Services To Library Director, James G. Milles
Other Scholarship
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One Person, One Vote, And The Possibility Of Political Community, James A. Gardner
One Person, One Vote, And The Possibility Of Political Community, James A. Gardner
Journal Articles
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Gary Minda's Boycott In America: How Imagination And Ideology Shape The Legal Mind (Book Review), Robert J. Steinfeld
Gary Minda's Boycott In America: How Imagination And Ideology Shape The Legal Mind (Book Review), Robert J. Steinfeld
Book Reviews
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Punishment Theory: Moral Or Political?, Guyora Binder
Punishment Theory: Moral Or Political?, Guyora Binder
Journal Articles
This article argues that the justification of punishment is best conceived as a problem of political theory rather than moral philosophy. Noting the familiar charge that utilitarianism permits framing the innocent, it argues that retributivism is equally vulnerable to the charge that it permits lynching the guilty. It argues that both critiques unfairly attribute lawlessness and dishonesty to the respective punishment theories. As a result, they mischaracterize both as theories about what individuals should do, rather than what acts legitimate government should authorize. In so doing, they disregard how committed the founders of the respective theories were to the rule …