RETRIBUTION → “punishment administered in return for a wrong committed”
- Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance
- *1983 , Richard A. Posner, The economics of justice m p.208:
- “Retribution focuses on the offender’s wrong”
- More for the people rather than the self
VENGEANCE → “punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; — often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge.”
- More for the self rather than the people