TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boonin,David
TI  - The problem of punishment
SN  - 9780521883160 (hbk.) :
U1  - 364.6'01 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Punishment
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - David Boonin examines the problem of punishment, particularly the problem of explaining why it is morally permissible for the state to punish those who break the law. He argues that there is no satisfactory solution to this problem and that the practice of legal punishment should therefore be abolished
ER  -