In Rights Forfeiture and Punishment, Christopher Heath Wellman argues that those who seek to defend the moral permissibility of punishment should shift their focus from general justifying aims to moral side constraints. On Wellman's view, punishment is permissible just in case the wrongdoer has forfeited her right against punishment.

• Chapter 1: Introduction


• Chapter 2: Defending Forfeiture Theory


• Chapter 3: State Punishment and International Criminal Law


• Chapter 4: Torts versus Crimes and the Public/Private Distinction


• Chapter 5: Procedural Rights


• Chapter 6: The Problem of Relatedness


• Chapter 7: Mala Prohibita


• Chapter 8: No One Defends the Status Quo


• References

Christopher Heath Wellman teaches philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He works in ethics, specializing in political and legal philosophy. Wellman's previous books with Oxford University Press include Liberal Rights and Responsibilities, (with Phillip Cole) Debating the Ethics of Immigration: Is There a Right to Exclude? and (with Andrew Altman) A Liberal Theory of International Justice.