The Punitive Imagination: Law, Justice, and Responsibility

by Austin Sarat (Editor)

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  2014

  $27.31

  From the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. The Punitive Imagination is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purposes and meanings of punishment in the US.