Republican Responsibility in Criminal Law

Pretext and Justification: Republicanism, Policing, and Race

“…293 While some small set of rights may be possessed simply in light of our shared humanity-there are some things I may not do to anyone, anywhere simply in respect of their personhoodmost of our rights will derive from our coming together to define them in light of our inescapably shared civic project. 294 Franchise, in this locution, is the freedom that is achieved when one is recognized as a full citizen, equally bound by the laws and duties of citizenship and accorded the equal respect of each citizen. 295 The freedom of franchise can only be experienced as an interconnected part of a political community; it is the freedom of the city rather than the freedom of the heath.…”