Penal Coercion in Contexts of Social Injustice
This article addresses the theoretical difficulty of justifying the use of penal coercion in circumstances of marked, unjustified social inequality. The intuitive belief behind the text is that in such a context—that of an indecent State—justifying penal coercion becomes very problematic, particular...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/199720 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/199720 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEMOCRACY FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS INEQUALITY PUNISHMENT SOCIAL JUSTICE https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.5 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5 |
| Sumario: | This article addresses the theoretical difficulty of justifying the use of penal coercion in circumstances of marked, unjustified social inequality. The intuitive belief behind the text is that in such a context—that of an indecent State—justifying penal coercion becomes very problematic, particularly when directed against the most disfavored members of society. |
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