Justifying Legal Punishment

"Justifying Legal Punishment offers a cogent defense of retributivism ... a biting critique of utilitarian justifications of punishment, & a tentative defense of capital punishment ... A particularly timely book, given the precarious progress of retributivism in the twentieth century.-Ethics "By producing the present, clear, comprehensive, & compelling defense of a strict retributivist justification, Dr. Igor Primoratz has set a challenging standard."-The Philosophical QuarterlyPrimoratz, Igor is the author of 'Justifying Legal Punishment', published 1989 under ISBN 9780391035744 and ISBN 0391035746.