The Theater of Deviance and the Normative Boundaries of Society: Lessons from the Rabbinic Interpretations to the Biblical Law of Sotah
A widely held view on the purpose of criminal law is that it is designed to maintain social order. Assuming this view to be correct, how does criminal law achieve its purpose? The standard answer is by deterring crimes through the threat of penalties, and by incapacitating or rehabilitating criminal...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2013
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-142 |
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