Translations for retributive in the English»Serbian Dictionary

re·tribu·tive [rɪ'trɪbjuːtɪv] ADJ attr form

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retributive

retributive justice

retributive justice

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He cautioned that retributive justice would not heal the nation's wounds. en.wikipedia.org

His version of the theory is distinctive in making room for the value of mercy alongside that of retributive justice. en.wikipedia.org

Show trials tend to be retributive rather than correctional justice and also conducted for propagandistic purposes. en.wikipedia.org

This section considers the two major accounts of retributive justice, and their answers to these questions. en.wikipedia.org

Most versions of retributive justice argue that the amount of punishment should be proportional to the amount of harm caused. en.wikipedia.org

A victim may continue to seek revenge or desire punishment, e.g. as in retributive justice systems. en.wikipedia.org

Deterrence was a part of containment via retributive intimidation from the risk of mutually assured destruction. en.wikipedia.org

Others that support it, do so on self-defense or retributive justice grounds. en.wikipedia.org

This leads to a cycle of retributive violence, as the young man seeks vengeance for death of father, sister and fiancee. en.wikipedia.org

The expression is occasionally used for acts that took place before this date, to denote a retributive act. en.wikipedia.org

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