The Right to Do Wrong: Morality and the Limits of Law

Much of what we could do, we shouldn't-and we don't. Mark Osiel shows that common morality-expressed as shame, outrage, and stigma-is society's first line of defense against transgressions. Social norms can be indefensible, but when they complement the law, they can save us from an al...

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1. Verfasser: Osiel, Mark (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2019]
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Zusammenfassung:Much of what we could do, we shouldn't-and we don't. Mark Osiel shows that common morality-expressed as shame, outrage, and stigma-is society's first line of defense against transgressions. Social norms can be indefensible, but when they complement the law, they can save us from an alternative that is far worse: a repressive legal regime
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ISBN:9780674240193

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