Why criminalize? : new perspectives on normative principles of criminalization / Thomas Søbirk Petersen.

The book defines and critically discusses the following five principles: the harm principle, legal paternalism, the offense principle, legal moralism and the dignity principle of criminalization. The book argues that all five principles raise important problems that point to rejections (or at least...

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Main Author: Petersen, Thomas S. (Thomas Søbirk)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2020]
Series:Law and philosophy library ; v. 134.
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