Retributivism has a past [electronic resource] : has it a future? / edited by Michael Tonry. Tonry, Michael H. Punishment Philosophy. Retribution. K5101 .R48 2011 364.601 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. A collection of essays by major figures in punishment theory law, and philosophy that reconsiders the popularity and prospects of retributivism, the notion that punishment is morally justified because people have behaved wrongly. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (ix, 291 p.). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199798278.001.0001 eng Studies in penal theory and philosophy Studies in penal theory and philosophy.