
Legal and Ethical Retributivism
A Restorative Analysis
Halil Cesur(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. July 2025
Book
Hardback
186 pages
978-1-032-91406-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores a foundational philosophical tension in contemporary retributivism, revealing ambiguities in its approach to punishment between two conflicting conceptions of restoration: legal justice and ethical love. Through an analysis of the three parties involved in a crime - the victim, the offender and the state - it argues that neo-retributivism has not sufficiently incorporated the ethical face of punishment into its theoretical framework. The pull of legal justice is often so strong that the voice of ethical love is silenced; neo-retributivism is at an impasse. To navigate this, the book engages with contemporary critical criminal justice scholarship, introducing the ideal of loving justice while highlighting an unresolved tension between penal reformism and abolitionism.
The book will be of interest to academicians and researchers working in the areas of philosophy of punishment, criminal law theory, criminal justice, restorative justice, philosophy of law, political philosophy and Hegel scholarship.
The book will be of interest to academicians and researchers working in the areas of philosophy of punishment, criminal law theory, criminal justice, restorative justice, philosophy of law, political philosophy and Hegel scholarship.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
461 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-91406-0 (9781032914060)
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Person
Halil Cesur, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Content
Introduction. PART I: DIAGNOSING THE DEADLOCK 1. Two Faces of Retributivism PART II: BACK TO ORIGINS 2. Legal Retributivism 3. Ethical Retributivism PART III: REVIVAL 4. Punishment: Between Vindication and Healing 5. Restorative Retributivism 6. Punishment as Recognition PART IV: BEYOND IMPASSE 7. Seeking a Shared Ground: Between Loving Ethics and Legal Justice. Conclusion