What are we talking about when we talk about justification of punishment? A dworkinian proposal
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justification of punishment, punishment theory, constructive interpretation, law as integrityAbstract
This article argues that much of the persistent ambiguity surrounding the discussion about the justification of punishment results from an unnoticed conflation of descriptive, normative, and conceptual questions within the so-called theories of punishment. Such conflation, it is suggested, produces a confusion of analytical levels, as illustrated by the position advanced by Zaffaroni, Alagia, and Slokar in their Manual de Derecho Penal. Building on this diagnosis, the article proposes a methodological alternative inspired by Ronald Dworkin’s theory of interpretation. It contends that the philosopher of criminal law should approach the practice of punishment in a manner analogous to the way Dworkin’s judge approaches the law. This interpretive approach offers a coherent framework for addressing some of the recurrent tensions identified in the penal theory literature.
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