Download or read book Punishment And Culture written by María José Falcón y Tella and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume critically explores the basis and the goal of punishment from the standpoint of the right to punish. The work reviews the main doctrines that have dealt with the theme of punishment from Antiquity to the present, not limiting itself to the legal-philosophical sphere but also analyzing the contributions from other social sciences. It then explores how these are reflected in the sphere of Positive Law.