Accountability for Collective Wrongdoing

by Tracy Isaacs

Book Overview

Ideas of collective responsibility challenge the doctrine of individual responsibility that is the dominant paradigm in law and liberal political theory. But little attention is given to the consequences of holding groups accountable for wrongdoing. Groups are not amenable to punishment in the way that individuals are. Can they be punished - and if so, how - or are other remedies available? The topic crosses the borders of law, philosophy, and political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107002893
• ISBN13: 9781107002890
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"