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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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/199720 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/199720 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEMOCRACY FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS INEQUALITY PUNISHMENT SOCIAL JUSTICE https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.5 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5 |
| Summary: | 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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