Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
The centrality of guilt in the criminal law provides puzzling perspective in the perennial debate on the nature and purpose of punishment. Why is it that all legal systems use this highly charged moral term to refer to an essential component of liability to punishment? This question is not easily answered. The reliance on the concept of guilt in the criminal law is suffused with paradox and mystery.
Disciplines
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law | Religion Law
Recommended Citation
George P. Fletcher,
Punishment, Guilt, and Shame in Biblical Thought,
18
Notre Dame J. L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y
343
(2004).
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