A Practical Theory of Justice: Proposal for a Hybrid Distributive Principle Centered on Empirical Desert
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
9-25-2008
Abstract
This chapter proposes a hybrid distributive principle centered on empirical desert. A summary of the proposed distributive principle includes: primary principle of empirical desert, inconspicuous deviations, deviations to more effectively control crime, deviations to advance interests other than crime control, and method of punishment. Deviations from empirical desert, strategies for avoiding deviations from empirical desert, and the limits of criminal law's distributive principle are discussed.
Keywords
criminal justice, hybrid principle, crime control, criminal law, method of punishment
Publication Title
Distributive Principles of Criminal Law: Who Should be Punished How Much
Repository Citation
Robinson, Paul, "A Practical Theory of Justice: Proposal for a Hybrid Distributive Principle Centered on Empirical Desert" (2008). Book Chapters. 120.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_chapters/120
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195365757.003.0012
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195365757.003.0012