The Punitive Imagination: Law, Justice, and Responsibility By Austin Sarat

The Punitive Imagination Law Justice and Responsibility\nby Austin Sarat\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Austin Sarat\nTitle: The Punitive Imagination Law Justice and Responsibility\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Penology and punishment\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press\nPublication year: 2014\nISBN-13: 9780817357993\nISBN-10: 0817357998\nRRP: \u00A325.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nFrom 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. The Punitive Imagination is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purposes and meanings of punishment in the US.\n\nFrom the Gospel of Matthew to numerou.