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In The Dual Penal State, Markus Dubber addresses the rampant use of penal power in Western liberal democracies. The interference with the autonomy of the very persons upon whose autonomy the legitimacy of state power is supposed to rest is systemically normalized, rather than continuously scrutinized. The fundamental challenge of the penal paradox-the prima facie illegitimacy of modern punishment-remains unaddressed and unresolved. <p>Focusing on the United States and Germany, and drawing on his
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- Author
- Markus Dirk Dubber, (1966-....)
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198744290
- Category
- law
- Subjects
- Law, History, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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