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Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Case Against Capital Punishment. The Biblical Argument ; The Natural Public Law Argument ; The Argument Respecting The Dignity Of Man ; The Deterrence Argument ; The Constitutional Argument; Conclusion -- Death Penalty And The Spirit Of Reform. The Invention Of The Penitentary ; Contemporary Rehabilitation ; Conclusion: Blaming Crime On Society -- The Deterrence Question And The Deterrence Problem. The Argument Against Deterrence ; The Argument For Deterrence ; Crime Without Punishment ; The Court Problem ; Conclusion -- Deterrence And The Morality Of Law. The Limits Of Deterrence ; The Morality Of Punishment ; Conclusion -- The Morality Of Capital Punishment. The Immorality Of Abolition ; The Moral Necessity Of Capital Punishment ; Conclusion -- Not Cruel But Unusual: The Administration Of The Death Penalty. Walter Berns. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Author
Walter Berns
Publisher
Basic Civitas Books
Published
1979
Language
EN
ISBN
9780465024742
Subjects
Social Science, Social_sciences

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