Criminal Justice Systems
There are at least two questions, raised by H. L. A. Hart, in connection with criminal justice which do not directly concern punishment but are more closely related to a criminal justice system as a whole.
- Why establish any institution of punishment at all?
- Why establish this institution with its special concepts, principles of legislation, adjudicative procedures, and permissible penalties rather than some other panochas.
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