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The denial of voting rights to certain types of persons continues to be a moral problem of practical significance. The disenfranchisement of persons with mental impairments, minors, noncitizen residents, nonresident citizens, and criminal offenders is a matter of controversy in many countries. How should we think morally about electoral exclusions? What should we conclude about these particular cases? This book proposes a set of principles, called the Critical Suffrage Doctrine, that defies conventional beliefs on the legitimate denial of the franchise. According to the Critical Suffrage Doctrine, in some realistic circumstances it is morally acceptable to adopt an alternative to universal suffrage that would exclude the vast majority of sane adults for being largely uninformed. Thus, contrary to what most people believe, current controversies on the franchise are not about exploring the limits of a basic moral right. Regarding such controversies, the Critical Suffrage Doctrine establishes that, in polities with universal suffrage, the blanket disenfranchisement of minors and the mentally impaired cannot be justified; that noncitizen residents should be allowed to vote; that excluding nonresident citizens is permissible; and that criminal offenders should not be disenfranchised-although facilitating voting from prison is not required in all contexts. Political theorists have rarely submitted the franchise to serious scrutiny. Hence this study makes a contribution to a largely neglected and important subject.

Suffrage --- Political rights, Loss of --- Voting --- Droits politiques --- Vote --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Perte --- Aspect moral --- Suffrage. --- Political rights, Loss of. --- #SBIB:324H42 --- Polls --- Elections --- Politics, Practical --- Social choice --- Loss of political rights --- Punishment --- Citizenship, Loss of --- Infamy (Law) --- Franchise --- Right to vote --- Voting rights --- Political rights --- Plebiscite --- Representative government and representation --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Politieke structuren: verkiezingen --- Law and legislation --- Politieke systemen --- Publiek recht. Staatsrecht --- Political systems --- Public law. Constitutional law --- Balloting

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"People convicted of crimes are subject to a criminal sentence, but they also face a host of other restrictive legal measures: Some are denied access to jobs, housing, welfare, the vote, or other goods. Some may be deported, may be subjected to continued detention, or may have their criminal records made publicly accessible. These measures are often more burdensome than the formal sentence itself. In Beyond Punishment?, Zachary Hoskins offers a philosophical examination of these burdensome legal measures, called collateral legal consequences. Drawing on resources in moral, legal, and political philosophy, Hoskins analyzes the various kinds of collateral consequences imposed in different legal systems and the important moral challenges they raise. Can collateral legal consequences ever be justified as forms of criminal punishment or as civil measures? Hoskins contends that, considered as forms of punishment, such restrictions should be constrained by considerations of proportionality and offender reform. He also argues that they may in a limited range of cases be permissible as risk-reductive civil measures. Whether considered as criminal punishment or civil measures, however, collateral legal consequences are justifiable in a far narrower range of cases than we find in current legal practice. Considering just how pervasive collateral legal consequences have become and their dramatic effects on offenders' lives, Beyond Punishment? sheds valuable light on whether these restrictive measures are ever morally justified"--Publisher's website.

Punishment --- Ex-convicts --- Political rights, Loss of --- Philosophy --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Loss of political rights --- Suffrage --- Citizenship, Loss of --- Infamy (Law) --- Ex-cons --- Ex-offenders --- Ex-prisoners --- Prisoners --- Recidivists --- Law and legislation --- Political rights, Loss of. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Philosophy. --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Peines --- Ex-détenus --- Incapacités résultant des condamnations pénales --- Philosophie. --- Statut juridique. --- Formerly incarcerated persons --- Ex-détenus --- Incapacités résultant des condamnations pénales

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This book looks at petitions over the last five centuries to reconstruct the lives and opinions of 'humble' petitioners. Since Pharaonic times, governments have allowed their subjects to voice opinions in the form of petitions, which have demanded a favour or the redressment of an injustice. To be effective, a petition had to mention the request, usually a motivation and always the name or names of the petitioners. As a result, grievances of ordinary people which were not written down anywhere else are now stored safely in the archives of the authorities to which the petitions were addressed. The petitions considered in this book, which come from all over the globe, offer rich and valuable sources for social historians.

Petition, Right of --- Social history. --- History. --- History --- Social history --- Petitory actions --- Arts and Humanities --- Petition, Right of - History --- Petition, Right of. --- Right of petition --- Political rights

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This book brings together new material from across Africa of the most egregious examples of citizenship discrimination, and makes the case for urgent reform of the law.

Citizenship --- Birthright citizenship --- Citizenship (International law) --- National citizenship --- Nationality (Citizenship) --- Political science --- Public law --- Allegiance --- Civics --- Domicile --- Political rights --- Law and legislation --- Political sociology --- Africa --- Civil rights & citizenship

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Interest in citizenship has never been higher. But what does it mean to be a citizen in a modern, complex community? Richard Bellamy approaches the subject of citizenship from a political perspective and, in clear and accessible language, addresses the complexities behind this highly topical issue.

Political sociology --- Citizenship --- Citizenship. --- Citoyenneté. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE --- Political Freedom & Security --- Civil Rights. --- Human Rights. --- borgerlige rettigheder --- medborgerskab --- statsborgeskab --- medborgerskap --- statsborgerskap --- rettigheter --- politikk --- Political rights. --- Civic rights --- Political rights --- Civil rights --- Birthright citizenship --- Citizenship (International law) --- National citizenship --- Nationality (Citizenship) --- Political science --- Public law --- Allegiance --- Civics --- Domicile --- Law and legislation