Add to ORKGMercy is a form of charity towards wrongdoers that justifies punishing them less severely than they deserve according to justice. Three main objections to mercy, or its exercise by organs of the state - that it is irrational, unjust and procedurally unfair - are addressed in the course of defending mercy as a value that has a place in deliberation about criminal punishment. The paper draws on both the communicative theory of punishment and aspects of existing legal practice in mounting this defence
This dissertation analyzes criminal justice from the perspective of non-ideal theory. In the first h...
My aim in this brief introduction is to organize the Symposium articles around two questions, recogn...
Although punishment has been a crucial feature of every legal system, widespread disagreement exists...
Mercy is a form of charity towards wrongdoers that justifies punishing them less severely than they ...
The aim of this Article is to present a normative argument for mercy as a legitimate consideration i...
On the basis of a communicative theory of criminal punishment, I show how mercy has a significant bu...
If, in the criminal justice context, mercy is defined as forgoing punishment that is deserved, the...
This paper argues that forgiveness is not best understood in terms of waiving a requirement of justi...
© 2019, Springer Nature B.V. I assess the justification for the granting of amnesty (the exempting o...
M.A. (Philosophy)Usually when we think of law, we think of rationality and outcomes that are not swa...
Our constitutional law of capital sentencing does not understand Shakespeare\u27s gentle rain from ...
Recent alleged abuses of the pardon power by presidents in Peru and the US have drawn attention to a...
Anslem raised a puzzle about mercy: How can anyone (God, say, or a judge) be both just and merciful ...
Is it a morally permissible exercise of mercy for a governor to commute the death sentences of every...
Tension reigns between mercy and justice. Mercy seasons justice – it gives less than what justice ma...
This dissertation analyzes criminal justice from the perspective of non-ideal theory. In the first h...
My aim in this brief introduction is to organize the Symposium articles around two questions, recogn...
Although punishment has been a crucial feature of every legal system, widespread disagreement exists...
Mercy is a form of charity towards wrongdoers that justifies punishing them less severely than they ...
The aim of this Article is to present a normative argument for mercy as a legitimate consideration i...
On the basis of a communicative theory of criminal punishment, I show how mercy has a significant bu...
If, in the criminal justice context, mercy is defined as forgoing punishment that is deserved, the...
This paper argues that forgiveness is not best understood in terms of waiving a requirement of justi...
© 2019, Springer Nature B.V. I assess the justification for the granting of amnesty (the exempting o...
M.A. (Philosophy)Usually when we think of law, we think of rationality and outcomes that are not swa...
Our constitutional law of capital sentencing does not understand Shakespeare\u27s gentle rain from ...
Recent alleged abuses of the pardon power by presidents in Peru and the US have drawn attention to a...
Anslem raised a puzzle about mercy: How can anyone (God, say, or a judge) be both just and merciful ...
Is it a morally permissible exercise of mercy for a governor to commute the death sentences of every...
Tension reigns between mercy and justice. Mercy seasons justice – it gives less than what justice ma...
This dissertation analyzes criminal justice from the perspective of non-ideal theory. In the first h...
My aim in this brief introduction is to organize the Symposium articles around two questions, recogn...
Although punishment has been a crucial feature of every legal system, widespread disagreement exists...