Robinson, Paul H.

Pirates, Prisoners, and Lepers : Lessons from Life Outside the Law. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (361 pages)

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1. HUMAN RULES -- 1. What Is Our Nature? What Does Government Do for Us and to Us? -- 2. Cooperation: Lepers and Pirates -- 3. Punishment: Drop City and the Utopian Communes -- 4. Justice: 1850s San Francisco and the California Gold Rush -- 5. Injustice: The Batavia Shipwreck and the Attica Uprising -- 6. Survival: The Inuits of King William Land and the Mutineers of Pitcairn Island -- 7. Subversion: Prison Campsand Hellships -- PART 2. MODERN LESSONS -- 8. Credibility: America's Prohibition -- 9. Excess: Committing Felony Murder While Asleep in Bed and Life in Prisonfor an Air- Conditioning Fraud -- 10. Failure: Getting Away with Murder Beyond a Reasonable Doubt -- 11. Collapse: Escobar's Colombia -- 12. Taking Justice Seriously: Five Proposals -- Postscript: What Are TheyDoing Now? -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Criminal law -- Philosophy.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Philosophy.
Punishment -- Philosophy.


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