TY - BOOK AU - Hallevy,Gabriel ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - The Right to Be Punished: Modern Doctrinal Sentencing SN - 9783642323881 AV - KZ7000-7500 U1 - 345 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Law KW - Political science KW - Philosophy KW - Constitutional law KW - Human rights KW - International criminal law KW - Criminology KW - International Criminal Law KW - Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History KW - Criminology & Criminal Justice KW - Human Rights KW - Philosophy of Law KW - Constitutional Law N1 - Punishment as Part of Modern Criminal Law Theory -- General Purposes of Punishment -- General Considerations of Punishment -- General Structure of Doctrinal Sentencing -- Physical Punishments -- Economic Punishments -- Conclusion N2 - Does an offender have the right to be punished? "The right to be punished" may sound like an oxymoron, but it is not necessarily so. With the emergence of modern criminal law, the offender gained the right to be punished by rational criminal law rather than being lynched by an angry mob. The present-day offender may have the right to be punished by doctrinal sentencing rather than being subjected to verdicts based on vague, unclear, and uncertain principles. In modern criminal law, the imposition of criminal liability follows accurate and strict rules, whereas there are no similar rules for the imposition of punishment. The process of sentencing is vague and obscure, as are the considerations used for the imposition of punishments. The objective of the present book is to propose a comprehensive, general, and legally sophisticated theory of modern doctrinal sentencing. The challenges of such a legal theory are plenty and complex. In addition to increasing clarity and certainty, modern doctrinal sentencing must deal with modern types of delinquency (e.g. organized crime, recidivism, corporate offenders, high-tech offenses, etc.) and modern principles of criminal law. Modern doctrinal sentencing must serve to ensure optimal sentencing UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32388-1 ER -