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Pardons : justice, mercy, and the public interest
- Title
- Pardons : justice, mercy, and the public interest / Kathleen Dean Moore.
- Author
- Moore, Kathleen Dean.
- Publication
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1989.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | KF9695 .M66 1989 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 271 pages; 22 cm
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [245]-263.
- Contents
- A Philosophical History of Punishment and Pardon -- Pardon Before the Enlightenment -- Eighteenth-Century Reactions Against Pardon -- The Utilitarians' Position -- The Nineteenth Century: Pardon and the Right to Punishment -- Pardon and the Rehabilitative Ideal -- The Retributivist Backlash -- Pardoning in Transition -- A Retributivist Theory of Pardon -- How a Retributivist Theory Can Justify Pardon -- Legalistic Retributivism -- Moralistic Retributivism -- Deserving Punishment and Deserving Pardon -- Justified Pardons: Innocence -- Justified Pardons: Excuses -- Justified Pardons: Justifications -- Justified Pardons: Adjustments to Sentences -- Applications, Both Practical and Theoretical -- How to Distinguish Forgiveness, Mercy, and Pardon -- How to Abuse the Pardoning Power -- How Presidential Pardoning Practices Should Be Changed.
- ISBN
- 0195058712
- 9780195058710
- 0195113942
- 9780195113945
- LCCN
- 88030286
- OCLC
- ocm18629075
- 18629075
- SCSB-1726284
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library