The siblings Falcón (both: legal philosophy, ethics, and politics U. Computense, Madrid) investigate the basis and goal of punishment from the critical perspective of the right to punish. Not limiting themselves to the sphere of legal philosophy, they also consider the contributions of other social sciences and thinking on the issue from antiquity to the present. Fundamento u finalidad del castigo: ¿Un derecho a castigar? was published by Marcial Pons in Madrid (no date noted) and translated from the Spanish by Peter Muckley. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)