PUNISHMENT, COMPENSATION, AND LAW by Mark R. Reiff ( 9780521846691 )

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PUNISHMENT, COMPENSATION, AND LAW
A THEORY OF ENFORCEABILITY

By:

Mark R. Reiff

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Hardback

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0521846692

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

11 July, 2005

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy & Law

Pages:

274

Description:

An explanation of how we use punishment and compensation to make restraints operative in the world.

Synopsis:

This book is the first comprehensive study of the meaning and measure of enforceability. While we have long debated what restraints should govern the conduct of our social life, we have paid relatively little attention to the question of what it means to make a restraint enforceable. Focusing on the enforceability of legal rights but also addressing the enforceability of moral rights and social conventions, Mark Reiff explains how we use punishment and compensation to make restraints operative in the world. After describing the various means by which restraints may be enforced, Reiff explains how the sufficiency of enforcement can be measured, and he presents a unified theory of deterrence, retribution, and compensation that shows how these aspects of enforceability are interconnected. Reiff then applies his theory of enforceability to illuminate a variety of real-world problem situations.

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