Democratic punishment: Alexis de Tocqueville's writings on the prison system

Autores

  • Lucia Re Università degli studi di Firenze/IT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/rechtd.2023.153.01

Resumo

The essay deals with Alexis de Tocqueville's writings on the prison system, paying special attention to Le système pénitentiaire aux Etats-Unis et son application en France. These writings have been overlooked for a long time and are still disregarded by many readers of Tocqueville. I instead argue that they should be taken into consideration, since they offer a significant point of view on Tocqueville's political thought, revealing how, paradoxically, the "democratic prison" has been organized as the reverse of democracy.

Biografia do Autor

Lucia Re, Università degli studi di Firenze/IT

Professoressa associata di Filosofia del diritto Professor of Politics of Globalisation and Human Rights Dipartimento di Scienze giuridiche Sezione di Teoria e Storia del diritto Università degli studi di Firenze.

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2024-09-14