Democratic governance requires holding the powerful to account. This Essay therefore proposes a broad antisubordination theory of the criminal law which grapples directly with disparities in power, rather than obscuring them under the guise of formal equality. Neither formal equality nor its alternative, prison abolitionism, can adequately protect democracy.

 

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“共和党意义上的安全”：特朗普诉美国、民主和刑法的反从属理论

民主治理需要让有权势的人承担责任。因此，本文提出了一个广泛的刑法反从属理论，该理论直接解决权力差距，而不是在形式平等的幌子下掩盖它们。无论是形式上的平等还是其替代方案——废除监狱主义——都无法充分保护民主。