The Scales of Injustice

This paper criticises four major approaches to criminal law – consequentialism, retributivism, abolitionism, and “mixed” pluralism – each of which, in its own fashion, affirms the celebrated emblem of the “scales of justice.” The argument is that there is a better way of dealing with the tensions t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Charles Blattberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2008-02-01
Series:Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice
Online Access:https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/4536