The Right to Be Punished: A Defense

Legal Theory in China 3 (2013): 21-39 (in English and Chinese).

8 Pages Posted: 13 Mar 2013 Last revised: 25 Jun 2014

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Thom Brooks

Durham University - Law School

Date Written: March 13, 2013

Abstract

Punishment would not deserve its name if it was a response that most want to avoid. Can we say that we – you and I – have a right to be punished? Or does this claim rest on a fundamental mistake? This article argues that there is a fundamental connection between rights and punishment that is too often overlooked. Punishment is not about the suspension or forfeiture of rights, but their restoration and protection.

Keywords: Punishment, Rights, Restoration, Punitive Restoration, Unified Theory, Hegel, Hart

JEL Classification: K00

Suggested Citation

Brooks, Thom, The Right to Be Punished: A Defense (March 13, 2013). Legal Theory in China 3 (2013): 21-39 (in English and Chinese)., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2232881

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