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Description for Criminal Law
Paperback. In Criminal Law, Guyora Binder reviews the development of American criminal law and explains its key concepts and persistent controversies in light of that history. Series: Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP; LBBZ; LNFB; LNFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
Many controversies in American criminal law reflect the tension between older and newer conceptions of the purposes of punishment. The English common law of crimes was centrally concerned with suppressing vengeance and asserting royal authority. Thus it enforced a royal peace by conditioning punishment on unauthorized force and harm to particular victims. The development of American criminal law has been the story of the emergence of this utilitarianism of criminal offending as the imposition of risk or the violation of consent, combined with culpability. This conception is reflected in the Model Penal Code and many state codes. Yet understanding contemporary ... Read more
Many controversies in American criminal law reflect the tension between older and newer conceptions of the purposes of punishment. The English common law of crimes was centrally concerned with suppressing vengeance and asserting royal authority. Thus it enforced a royal peace by conditioning punishment on unauthorized force and harm to particular victims. The development of American criminal law has been the story of the emergence of this utilitarianism of criminal offending as the imposition of risk or the violation of consent, combined with culpability. This conception is reflected in the Model Penal Code and many state codes. Yet understanding contemporary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195321203
SKU
V9780195321203
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About Guyora Binder
Guyora Binder is Distinguished Professor, Hodgson Russ Faculty Scholar, and Vice Dean for Research and Faculty Development at SUNY Buffalo Law School. He was previously a law clerk to federal Judge Jack B. Weinstein, Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor of Human Rights at Stanford, and a visiting professor at the law schools of the University of Michigan, Georgetown University, and Vanderbilt ... Read more
Reviews for Criminal Law
This elegant work will revive interest in substantive criminal law. Binder covers all of the relevant issues and highlights the classic controversies of criminal law for a new generation. This impressive effort should be welcomed by students, lawyers, judges, and the general public."
George Fletcher, Cardozo Professor of Jurisprudence, Columbia University Law School
From his many ... Read more
George Fletcher, Cardozo Professor of Jurisprudence, Columbia University Law School
From his many ... Read more