Legal and Ethical Retributivism

A Restorative Analysis

Halil Cesur

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Routledge
31 July 2025

Crime & criminology; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Criminology: legal aspects; Criminal justice law; Sentencing & punishment

Series: Routledge Research in Legal Philosophy

This book explores a foundational philosophical tension in contemporary retributivism, revealing ambiguities in its approach to punishment between two conflicting conceptions of restoration: legal justice and ethical love. Through an analysis of the three parties involved in a crime – the victim, the offender and the state – it argues that neo-retributivism has not sufficiently incorporated the ethical face of punishment into its theoretical framework. The pull of legal justice is often so strong that the voice of ethical love is silenced; neo-retributivism is at an impasse. To navigate this, the book engages with contemporary critical criminal justice scholarship, introducing the ideal of loving justice while highlighting an unresolved tension between penal reformism and abolitionism.

The book will be of interest to academicians and researchers working in the areas of philosophy of punishment, criminal law theory, criminal justice, restorative justice, philosophy of law, political philosophy and Hegel scholarship.

By: Halil Cesur
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032914060
ISBN 10: 1032914068
Series: Routledge Research in Legal Philosophy
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 31 July 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Halil Cesur, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.