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## Criminal law
(sep-criminal-law)
Punitive view: that the sole function of criminal law is to deliver
justified punishment for crimes. This is generally accepted to some
degree.
Criminal law's function is responding to crime: calling offenders to
account for criminal activity. Can have value without punishment. No
arbitrary punishment, but rather proof of guilt in a court.
Community:
More importantly, one might claim that in the case of paradigmatic
crimes—like robbery, rape, or battery—criminal law responds to
wrongs on behalf of particular individuals—on behalf of those who
have been robbed, raped, or battered. On this view, a positive
case for criminalization need not await the finding that 𝐷 owes
something to the whole community. It is at least sometimes enough
that 𝐷 owes something to those 𝐷 has wronged, which 𝐷 would fail
to provide in the absence of criminal proceedings.
Preventing wrongdoing: potentially flawed. Reference prohibition.
## How much law is there
- find source
- anarchist handbook: ?
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