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On Criminalization
Jonathan Schonsheck
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Hardback. Argues against the present method of "balancing", proposing the adoption of "filtering", a multi-step procedure which directs one to discuss the moral authority of the state, consider measures less coercive than a criminal statute, and investigate the pragmatic consequences of criminalization. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
I begin by introducing the main issues of the work, and inviting their consideration; as enticement, I offer a sketch of their practical importance, and of the philosophical challenge they present. And I provide a preview of the work's organization and central argument. There is something so obvious that it is easily-and often-overlooked: the enforcing of criminal statutes is the most intrusive and coercive exercise of domestic power by a state. Forcibly preventing people from doing that which they wish to do, forcibly compelling people to do that which they do not wish to do-and wielding force merely attempting to ... Read more
I begin by introducing the main issues of the work, and inviting their consideration; as enticement, I offer a sketch of their practical importance, and of the philosophical challenge they present. And I provide a preview of the work's organization and central argument. There is something so obvious that it is easily-and often-overlooked: the enforcing of criminal statutes is the most intrusive and coercive exercise of domestic power by a state. Forcibly preventing people from doing that which they wish to do, forcibly compelling people to do that which they do not wish to do-and wielding force merely attempting to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Series
Law and Philosophy Library
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792326632
SKU
V9780792326632
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