Academic

Brooks on Brudner on Punishment

By Lawrence Solum

Thom Brooks (Newcastle University - Newcastle Law School) has posted Punishment: Political, Not Moral on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

Alan Brudner?s Punishment and Freedom is a remarkable contribution to liberal and penal theory offering a well-argued and compelling theory of ?legal retributivism.? This theory is an improved account of retributivism as alternative retributivist theories are thought to incorporate a problematic view of morality which only legal retributivism can overcome. While I agree with much of Brudner?s Hegelian-inspired account, I believe that it could be even further protected from problems facing retributivist theories more generally if he took greater account of insights into penal theory offered by British Hegelians. This article will explain what these insights are and how they might usefully inform Brudner?s legal retributivism and further increase its attractiveness.

Interesting & recommended.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on February 16, 2011 (boomark / email).