Can the Law Do Without Retributivism? Comments on Erin Kelly’s The Limits of Blame
Criminal Law and Philosophy 15 (2):217-222 (2021)
Abstract
Erin Kelly’s The Limits of Blame presents a critique of our current overly-punitive legal system and champions a system of criminal justice that does not traffic in moral blame and is free of retributivist elements. This commentary questions the viability of such a system, and ultimately suggests that there is not much distance between a more perfect retributivist system and the kind of nuanced and humane system of criminal justice that Kelly envisions.Author's Profile
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10.1007/s11572-020-09542-9
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