Punishment, Compensation, and Law - A Theory of Enforceability

Klappentext An explanation of how we use punishment and compensation to make restraints operative in the world. Zusammenfassung This book is the first comprehensive study of the problem of the enforceability of restraint. Focusing on the enforceability of legal rights! but also addressing the enforceability of moral rights and social conventions! Mark Reiff explains how we use punishment and compensation to make restraints operative in the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The means of enforcement; 2. The goals of enforcement; 3. Measuring enforceability in the pre-violation state of affairs; 4. Measuring enforceability in the post-violation state of affairs; 5. The relationship between pre-violation expectations and post-violation practice; 6. Limitations on the means of enforcement; 7. Special problems with legal remedies; 8. The value of nominal rights.

Product details

• Authors: Mark R. Reiff, Mark R. (University of Durham) Reiff, Reiff Mark R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521174237
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17423-7
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / General, Systems of law