In Defense of Public Order the Emerging Field of Sanction Law

Argues that while sanctions are an important part of our legal system, they are often carried out in an improvised, confused, and contradictory fashion. It proposes that failure to consider the sanctioning process as a whole has resulted in some of the most damaging faults of our legal system, and that when sanctions are examined as a whole the result is to strengthen the factors that tend to bring sanction law into more consistent and effective harmony with the goals of the American system of public order. Contents Foreword Part I. The Challenge of Present Failures Introduction 1. The Function of Sanctions in Our System of Public Order 2. Sanctioning Measures and the Sharing of Respect 3. Sanctioning Measures and the Sharing of Enlightenment 4. Sanctioning Measures and the Sharing of Skill 5. Sanctioning Measures and the Sharing of Well-Being 6. Sanctioning Measures and the Sharing of Affection 7. Sanctioning Measures and the Sharing of Rectitude 8. Sanctioning Measures and the Sharing of Wealth 9. The Impact of Sanctioning upon Power Part II. The Possible Scope and Method of Sanction Law 10. The Basic Proposal 11. The Sanctioning Process 12. The Strategy of Sanctioning 13. The Study of the Sanctioning System Notes Index