Rethinking Crime and Punishment: Can Principles of Early Irish Brehon Law Provide Alternatives to Prisons?

in #anarchy • 8 years ago (edited)

Early Ireland provides us with ample example of a working justice system in a stateless society. Here, Kevin Flanagan argues for reform of the current prison system based on principles of justice found under the Brehon Laws, a system that did not use prisons.

At Trinity College Law Colloquium, 2012.

Will you agree with Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah in saying that future generations will surely condemn us for our use of prisons?

Do prisons serve their purpose?

How would we deal with crime in a stateless (non-centralised) society?

#ireland #law #prisons #justice
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