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Dec 04, 2024
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LAW - 5972-RC Seminar: Theory & Practice of Punishment(2 hours)
This course will survey the basic issues, theories and problems of the law and philosophy of punishment. Topics which may be covered include the conceptual definition of punishment, justifications of punishment, the problem of punishment of the innocent, the proportionality of punishment, the degree of punishment, punishment under plea bargains, the death penalty, and post-conviction, pre-execution confinement. Course objectives include learning the basic principles, tools and methods of the law and philosophy of punishment. With these basic principles, tools and methods assimilated, each student will be prepared to defend an original written analysis of an issue in the theory of punishment or its application to an existing institution, doctrine or practice of punishment.
Special: Transnational, Writing, Seminar
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