{"product_id":"the-punitive-imagination-law-justice-and-responsibility-paperback-softback-9780817357993","title":"The Punitive Imagination; Law, Justice, and Responsibility (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817357993","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Punitive Imagination\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLaw, Justice, and Responsibility\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAustin Sarat (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817357993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 14.9 x 2 cm, 0.312 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. \u003cem\u003eThe Punitive Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purposes and meanings of punishment in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Punitive Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e examines some of the critical assumptions that frame America's approach to punishment. It explores questions such as:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is the place of concern for human dignity in our prevailing ideologies of punishment?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan we justly punish the socially disadvantaged?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat assumptions about persons, social institutions, and the ordering of social space provide the basis for American punitiveness?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho, if anyone, can be held responsible for excessively punitive criminal sentences?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow does punishment depend on prevailing views of free will, responsibility, desert, blameworthiness?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere\/how are those views subject to challenge in our punitive practices?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAs Sarat posits in his introduction, the way a society punishes demonstrates its commitment to standards of judgment and justice, its distinctive views of blame and responsibility, its understandings of mercy and forgiveness, and its particular ways of responding to evil. He goes on to discuss the history of punishment in the United States and what it reveals about assumptions made about persons that “undergird” the American system of punishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe five additional contributors to \u003cem\u003eThe Punitive Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e seek to illuminate what American practices of punishment tell us about who we are as a nation. Synthesizing cultural, sociological, philosophical, and legal perspectives, they offer a distinctive take on the meaning of punishment in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors: Michelle Brown, Stephen P. Garvey, Leo Katz, Caleb Smith and Carol S. Steiker.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574351163672,"sku":"9780817357993","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-punitive-imagination-law-justice-and-responsibility-paperback-softback-9780817357993","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}